Gnomes

This whimsical statue marks the high water level from the Great Flood of 1993.

What started as three small gnomes at the base of a tree has grown into a full-blown gnome home.

Hidden among the trees at the Rangeley Lakes Trails Center are more than 20 gnomes in small wooden houses.

The classic lawn figurine now claims this wooded area as home.

While you wait to cross the street at a traffic light in Mainz, you might notice that the light is staring back at you.

Gnomes have taken over a rest stop on Australia's longest straight road.

This gnome sculpture and his wonderous hat forces train passengers to do a double-take.

In this Red Rock forest, a small enclave plays host to a collection of wacky figurines.

The world's largest collection of garden gnomes lives among the trees and wildflowers on this woodland reserve.

Whimsical sculptures dot a woodland path surrounding their creator's old summer cottage.

A whimsical menagerie of creatures carved into a 300-year-old tree trunk.

Gnomes have their very own bonsai-landscaped settlement on a university campus.

Beating out all other concrete competitors, this massive garden feature's pointy hat has earned it a world record.

The first German gnome who popularized the garden decoration.

"Gnome Chomsky" was once the largest gnome in the world, but is now simply tall for his kind.