Strange Statues

Beverley Messenger Rabbit

Lewis Carroll's White Rabbit or something else altogether?

On one side of a stone archway inside St. Mary's Church, North Bar Within, Beverley, England, there is a familiar looking carving of a perky upright rabbit, or perhaps a hare, holding a messenger... »

Strange Statues | Edited by Annetta, Dylan and others

Beverley Sanctuary Stones

Marking the ancient boundaries of asylum around Beverley Minster

A haven for criminals of all stripes, the sanctuary stones of Beverley marked an ancient boundary inside of which thieves and brigands could escape the law. Legend has it that King Athelstan... »

Strange Statues, Rites and Rituals | Edited by Annetta, Dylan and others

The Giant Lenin head of Ulan Ude

This massive glowering Lenin head gazes out over eastern Siberia

Every leader leaves behind a of trail of monuments named after them: foundations, schools, statues, and so on. Of course the biggest and the best almost always belonged to the most iron-fisted... »

Unusual Monuments, Strange Statues | Edited by Dylan and Kiri_the_Unicorn

Il Gigante

The bomb-ravaged remains of of a colossal Neptune

Allied bombs and rough seas have reduced the once mighty turn of the century giant into an armless ruin. Located at the end of a popular sunbathing beach in the Italian riviera town of Monterosso... »

Strange Statues, Incredible Ruins | Edited by Annetta

Costa Rican Stone Spheres

Baffling rock formations from an earlier era

In the 1930s, workers from the United Fruit Company, clearing land in the Diquis Valley of Costa Rica, began unearthing large numbers of almost perfectly round stone spheres. The largest of these... »

Geological Oddities, Strange Statues | Edited by Josh

Elvis Memorial

Elvis Monument, Krakow

A monument to The King, erected by the Elvis fans of Krakow. The interesting thing about it is the appearance. Mr Presley's bust is half submerged in semi-transparent silicone, in a recess... »

Strange Statues | Edited by LeDoucheBouche

The Giant Lemon of Lemon Grove

The Giant Lemon of Lemon Grove

Discovered on January 8, 2003, by Aharon Shemoel on his farm in Kefar Zeitim, Israel, was a lemon weighing an astonishing 11 pounds and 9.7 ounces, making it officially the world's largest lemon.... »

Unusual Monuments, Strange Statues, Commercial Curiosities, Horticultural Marvels | Edited by wythe

Leaning Tower of Niles

Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo

For those who have yet to make it to Pisa, Italy, the Leaning Tower of Niles, located in Niles, Illinois, provides a similar -- albeit scaled down -- experience of the famous Leaning Tower of... »

Strange Statues, Architectural Oddities | Edited by anhie

Gilgal Sculpture Garden

A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphynx, and all carved by one man

Gilgal Garden is a wondrous little patch of land created by Thomas Battersby Child, Jr. in the mid-twentieth century. Hidden away at the center of a block behind houses and businesses, it contains... »

Unusual Monuments, Strange Statues, Architectural Oddities, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by Dylan

Boll Weevil Monument

Monument to the cotton-destroying boll weevil

Erected in 1919, the monument honors the boll weevil, a pest which destroys cotton crops and was once the scourge of Southern, Mexican and South American, agriculture. However, as always,... »

Strange Statues | Edited by cornutt

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