Monuments in Germany

After Nazi forces smashed this 4,000-year-old Neolithic standing stone, locals banded together to restore it.

This demonic monument commemorates a carving destroyed in World War II.

This red light district plaza memorializes the Fab Four and their historic connection to the area.

A memorial commemorating the place where Truman gave the order to deploy the first nuclear bombs on Japan.

Oddly enough, a pair of Wolfs funded the construction of this Little Red Riding Hood sculpture.

A triumphal steel arch on the side of a German mountain.

The scars of World War II are preserved on its walls.

A comedic homage to a beloved German actor.

A memorial to a dizzying sports device and its creator.

A scale rocket of an Ariane 5 rocket serves as a monument to a pioneer of space science.

The monument honors the first (and for a long time, only) African-born philosopher to teach at a German university.

A towering monument to war, located on a beautifully peaceful hill.

A city's controversial tribute to its founder depicts townspeople flashing their bare behinds.

This monolithic slab of art metal crowns a German slag heap.

This German monument honors the so-called "Prince of Mathematicians."

These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.