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Chaudfontaine, Belgium

Giant Clothespin Sculpture

Sculpture designed by Turkish artist and professor Mehmet Ali Uysal.
London, England

The Navigators

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.
Somerset, England

Willow Man

Wicker sculpture that towers over the M5 motorway.
Monument to Enemas.
Zheleznovodsk, Russia

Monument to Enemas

Russian spa's bronze monument to enemas.
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan

Snowman Burning

Celebrating the end of winter, students gather every year at Lake Superior State University to torch a 12-foot-tall snowman.
UFO Landing Pad and Center.
Saint Paul, Alberta

World's First UFO Landing Pad

Canadian centennial project designed to gather information about UFOs.
Merseyside, England

The Dream

Giant statue of a disembodied head.
Detroit, Michigan

Giant Cow Head

Standing guard on top of an old, vacant ice cream shop.
Dadswells Bridge, Australia

The Giant Koala

Popular tourist destination now stands as a memorial to Sam the koala.
Entrance to the chapel - Photo by Treeswithknees
Monistrol de Montserrat, Spain

Santa Cova of Montserrat

Holy Grotto of Montserrat Monastery holds one of Europe's mysterious black Madonnas.
The angels surround the organ in the Old North Church balcony.
Boston, Massachusetts

Gruchy's Angels

Stolen goods adorn the organ at Old North Church.
Los Angeles, California

Traffic Circle Gondola

A lonely Gondola stuck on a traffic circle sits in a spot where it once would have floated down the Grand Canal.
San Francisco, California

Drawn Stone

Art in the form of a winding, man made crack in stone.
Glendon, Alberta

Giant Perogy

Roadside tribute to a staple of eastern European cuisine.
The Vision of Peace statue.
Saint Paul, Minnesota

Vision of Peace (Indian God of Peace)

World's largest carved onyx figure stands as a tribute to enduring peace.
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Lobster Mickey at Concepts (Newbury St, Boston) (2023).
Boston, Massachusetts

Lobster Mickey

This "life-size" depiction of Mickey Mouse as a half-lobster is both whimsical and a bit creepy, standing guard over the Boston waterfront.
Tallinn, Estonia

Old Thomas

The Guardian of Tallinn.
Sown here in 1947 already crumbling away.Courtesy SF History Center, San Francisco Public Library.
San Francisco, California

The "Center" of San Francisco Monument

Adolph Sutro's little-known, geographically inaccurate, deprecated monument.