Sculptures

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.

A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.

An unusual bronze bus shelter is actually an art installation commenting on the city's history with the Nazi party.

A whimsical, punny collection of "fence art" outside the tiny mountain town of Baker, Nevada.

Remarkably realistic Florida shoal bass "swim" inside this large globoid sculpture.

The Pennsylvania landscape depicted by a quarter mile of mosaics made from used road signs.

A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.

Rat sculptures try to infiltrate the Graybar Building in an architectural tribute to New York City's nautical history.

A memorial sculpture to heath hens stands on the spot where the last heath hen, Booming Ben, was last seen.

A mysterious pair of mice eating a piece of cheese is London's smallest public sculpture.

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

A giant desert bird that once swung music fans at Coachella now has a home in a nearby traffic circle.

The romantic garden was the epicenter of the Hungarian art scene in the 1880s.

The front yard of an Upper East Side town house hides the last fragment of one of New York's most famous theatres.

Giant sand sculptures of famous people and places are on display near the Tottori sand dunes.

This anonymous businessman sculpted in bronze became an enduring memorial after 9/11, and had been mistaken by rescue workers for a survivor in the rubble.

She stares out across six lanes of traffic, clutching a musket and infant with determination.

The Cuban revolutionary looks over the country from its highest peak.