Removed from their context, the strange concrete monuments dotting the landscape of the former Yugoslavia can seem abstract, inscrutable, even "alien." Called “Spomeniks” after the ...
Gone up in flames and burned down to the ground – these 10 well-known statues, monuments and large-scale advertisements all fell to fire, if not fury. “I like big fat men like you,” ...
Deep in the most remote reaches of the former Soviet Union, strange skyscrapers glitter against the sky, made all the more out of place by their sleepy rural settings and lack of similarly scaled ...
These extraordinary war monuments stand out from the crowd in commemorating those who have fallen while performing their duty in the service of their country. Memorial Day was formerly ...
Perhaps we’ll never know what it was like land on a Greek Island and gaze up at the long-lost Colossus of Rhodes, one of the original Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, but there are many ...
Nobody could ever accuse the Soviets of being too modest in the scale of their monuments and colossal sculptures, and they left no shortage of absolutely bonkers concrete and stone creations all ...
The single most divisive architectural movement, Brutalism is harsh, jagged and geometric, calling to mind massive concrete spaceships - and nobody did it better (or stranger) than the Soviets. ...
As our age's great and powerful leaders rise and fall, so do the narcissistic, now Ozymandias-like statues they raised to celebrate their fleeting triumph. Duck, Gaddafi The 2011 Libyan ...
The remains of large concrete arrows can be found in patches of dirt and grass across the United States from New York to San Francisco. Many locals have wondered what they're for, seemingly ...
These 9 famous international public landmarks, artworks and tourist attractions attract vandalism and graffiti that's usually (but not always) unwanted. ...
