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, 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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