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Big axe in Australia. (Wikimedia Commons)
Kew, Australia

Big Axe

Giant wood sculpture in Kew first constructed in 1979.
Big Avocado. (Wikimedia Commons)
Duranbah, Australia

Big Avocado

Giant fruit signaling the entrance to a tropical paradise.
Lövestad Carved Statues.
Sjöbo, Sweden

Lövestad Carved Statues

Rocks carved with biblical passages in the 1800s.
Big Apple. (Wikimedia Commons)
Yerrinbool, Australia

Big Apple

Entrance to a famous orchard with nine types of apples.
Big Ant. (Wikimedia Commons)
Broken Hill, Australia

Big Ant

Designed by artist Pro Hart, built elsewhere in 1980.
Permanently Closed
The Giant Mushroom.
Belconnen, Australia

Giant Mushroom

Children's playground hidden under a big pink and blue cap.
Permanently Closed
The ice box cemetery.
Clayton, Georgia

Ice Box Cemetery

An abandoned bait shop with a front lot filled with storage boxes.
Lakenenland. (Creative Commons)
Marquette, Michigan

Lakenenland

Large one-man sculpture park in Michigan.
Big Rig Jig. (Creative Commons)
Las Vegas, Nevada

Big Rig Jig

Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.
Permanently Closed
Flygbussarna. (Creative Review)
Arlandastad, Sweden

Flygbussarna

Sculpture of a bus made from wrecked passenger cars.
Permanently Closed
One More Go One More Go. (Creative Commons)
Sydney, Australia

One More Go One More Go

Outdoor art exhibition made of classic Tetris pieces.
Permanently Closed
It Wasn't Meant To End Like This. (Creative Review)
Aarhus, Denmark

It Wasn't Meant To End Like This

Digger attempting to hide itself under 300 tons of rubble.
Giant skeleton sculpture.
Foligno, Italy

Calamita Cosmica

The giant skeleton sculpture is surprisingly well-traveled.
The world's largest popcorn ball. (The Popcorn Factory)
Sac City, Iowa

World's Largest Popcorn Ball

Eight feet in diameter and more than 24 feet around.
Zizkov Tower. (freefoto/Flickr)
Prague, Czechia

Žižkov Tower

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.
Gubbio, Italy

Fontana Dei Matti

Fountain where visitors can earn a license to be mad.
Ether Monument. (Wikimedia Commons)
Boston, Massachusetts

Ether Monument

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.
Entrance to Bohemian National Cemetery. (Wikimedia Commons)
Chicago, Illinois

Bohemian National Cemetery

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.