Once on display alongside a giant Gumby, it’s as tall as a nine-story building when fully extended.

This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

The London statue that imitates passersby.

An easily overlooked memorial to a Ukrainian famine-genocide that killed over 4 million people.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.

When it comes to handsignals (and colonialism) rock always beats scissors.

Enigmatic bug-like sculptures mystify drivers along a Swedish highway.

A bronze of the man in all his sinewy glory celebrates his longtime connection to the Ohio city.

A beautiful display of nearly 50 bells crafted with a unique design and distinct sound.

The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.

In La Paz's huge, city-sized cemetery, the deceased are stored in rows of apartment-like buildings.

A concrete plant shaped like four giant soldiers commemorates one of the most decisive battles of the Napoleonic Wars.

The walls of Germany's Parliament still show the scars of the Red Army takeover in World War II.

The famous artist couple lived and worked here, in two different houses separated by a bridge.

This elaborately decorated wall is an homage to the history, beauty and lore of the palm tree.

The bridges portrayed on EU currency aren't fictional anymore.

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

Neo-cave art on the macro scale.

Roam the cradle of the Cuban Revolution with life-sized dinosaurs.

Former WWI oil tanker played a variety of roles in history, its tantalizing rum-flavored scent being the only constant.

This imposing memorial contains the remains of Che Guevara — and 29 other guerrillas who died with him in Bolivia.