Godzilla

Japan’s tallest Godzilla statue contains a piece of the original 1954 film within its base.

A small, family-friendly museum dedicated to the “god of special effects” who brought Godzilla to life.

In Cold Spring, New York, a shrine containing Godzilla and an assortment of plastic dinosaurs stands dedicated to a teenager who died in a car accident in 1996.

Watch out for the two-story Godzilla made out of tires.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

The birthplace of both the Atomic Age and Godzilla, and the namesake of the bathing suit.

An oddly touching memorial to a little-remembered nuclear tragedy.