Strange Statues

Madise's Lost Cemetary

Tombstones buried in overgrown grass mark the deceased of this abandoned graveyard.

If you ever find yourself driving from Paldiski to Madise in Estonia’s Harju County, consider scoping out the abandoned graveyard found on the right side of the road just before entering the... »

Strange Statues, Relics and Reliquaries, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries, Mystery Spots and Gravity Hills, Curious Places of Worship, Incredible Ruins | Edited by katiebaker4

Burlington, Vermont, US

Flying Monkey Sculptures

Scary metal statues adorn some of the signature buildings of Burlington, VT

Burlington, VT, on the shores of Lake Champlain, has six large flying monkeys adorning the roofs of two of the signature buildings of its harbor. The first two of these steel sculptures was... »

Unusual Monuments, Strange Statues | Edited by JWOcker and Rachel

Beatles Statue of Almaty

The Beatlemania is still strong... at least in Kazakhstan

Bronzing items which one finds important, and well worth saving, isn't a rare practice. Attics and closets across the world are filled with bronze baby shoes, bronze hand prints and, less... »

Unusual Monuments, Strange Statues | Edited by Tawsam, Mark_Casey and others

Rapid City, South Dakota, US

Depression era Dinosaur Park

Towering concrete dinosaurs give a window into Depression-era paleontology

Ever since learning of their existence, we've been piecing dinosaurs together, taking them apart, piecing them back together with different heads, naming them, debating them, and renaming them. In... »

Unusual Monuments, Strange Statues | Edited by Dylan, Rachel and others

Statue of Elizabeth Montgomery

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sit-com "Bewitched"

At the end of the Essex Street Pedestrian Mall in Salem, MA, is six-foot-tall bronze statue of Elizabeth Montgomery. The statue was sponsored by cable channel TV Land and commemorates the 60s-era... »

Unusual Monuments, Strange Statues | Edited by JWOcker

San Francisco, California, US

Raygun Gothic Rocket Ship

"A rococo retro-futurist future-rustic vernacular between yesterday’s tomorrow and the future that never was"

A 40-ft-tall rocket ship glimmers in the sunlight on the rare occasion that the San Francisco fog allows it, and against the backdrop of the waterfront and the majestic Bay Bridge, this... »

Outsider Art, Strange Statues, Retro-Tech | Edited by DrArroganto and Rachel

Holbein Horse

A horse statue that receives constant makeovers from graffiti artists and locals

The Holbein Horse is a foal statue created by Werner Gürtner in 1936. Made of concrete and approximately as large as a normal horse, Holbeinpferd is famous for the fact that it is often... »

Outsider Art, Strange Statues | Edited by Rachel

Dessalines, Haiti

The Forts of Dessalines

An entire town in Haiti memorializes one man and his historic revolution

The air was still, the moment tense. A legion of ragged, weary troops watched wide-eyed and breathless as their commander shouted, demanding their very best as he waved a torch above a keg of... »

Unusual Monuments, Strange Statues, Cultures and Civilizations , Lost Tribes, Architectural Oddities, Incredible Ruins | Edited by MaudeSwift, Mark_Casey and others

Penis Fountain

Amsterdam's Red Light District leaves little to the imagination

Amsterdam is a city of permissions and tolerance, and home of one of the most famous red light districts in the world. Tourists flock from all around to indulge in, or at least gawk at the ladies... »

Unusual Monuments, Strange Statues | Edited by serflac and Rachel

'Le Pouce,' The Giant Thumb Sculpture

César Baldaccini's iconic sculpture of a 40-foot thumb stands tall in Paris' La Défense corporate park

Amongst the blur of towering glass skyscrapers, immaculately kept shops and cafes, glossy black cars, people rushing around in suits and everything else one expects to find in a financial... »

Unusual Monuments, Strange Statues, Architectural Oddities | Edited by Mark_Casey and Rachel

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