Statues

Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.

Monument to the cotton-destroying boll weevil.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

The world's largest set of the ten commandments lay nestled in the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains.

His music once banned in Communist Cuba, John Lennon is now immortalized in bronze by Castro, who considers Lennon a "fellow dreamer."

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.

A crucified and bearded female saint.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

The largest stone moai on Rapa Nui.

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

The tallest bronze seated statue of the Buddha in Japan.

This giant seated Bhudda of Healing dates to the 1780s.

A golden temple atop a sacred mountain, known for its giant effigy of the revered Pu Xian.

The third-tallest statue in the world depicts the "Buddha of Infinite Light," complete with observation deck in his chest.

Giant topiary dog once played a role in a terrorist bomb plot.

Commonly acknowledged as the only public monument to the Devil himself.

An oddly poignant roadside attraction celebrating American folklore.