Peking Yuck: The 9 Worst Statues In China
These 9 Chinese statues are so awful, many were demolished within days of their unveiling after enduring scorn and ridicule by the People's Republic's people. ...
Tag: Monuments
Alternative Landmarks: 12 Monuments As They Almost Were
The Sydney Opera House might have been little more than a squat concrete building resembling a factory, and a visit to the statue of Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial could have required ...
7 Mysterious & Monumental Man-Made Wonders of America
A stone monument with instructions for apocalypse survivors, lurking ominously in a field in rural Georgia. A castle comprised of stones that each weigh several tons, built with stunning ...
Forgotten Tributes: 25 Monumental Relics of Yugoslavia
If you were to travel today through the area that was once Yugoslavia, you would come across some incredible massive objects that allow an unexpected look directly into the area's past. Before ...
(Post)Modern Monuments: 20 Worthy Architectural Memorials
Rich in symbolism and rife with meaning, these 20 abstract modern monuments and memorials radiate emotion and respect. Many architectural monuments like Daniel Libeskind's addition to the Jewish ...
Upwardly Immobile: 15 Sky High Statues From 15 Countries
Statue of limitations, you say? Not applicable in these 15 countries, at least. This monumental selection of sky-high statues showcases the tallest figural sculptures in their respective countries ...
Rocket Signs: Space Race Monuments Of The USA & USSR
Remember the Space Race? Over the better part of a decade, the world's two superpowers competed in the coldest of wars far above the atmosphere... and beyond! These 10 Space Race monuments document ...
Bridges That Babble On: 15 Amazing Roman Aqueducts
Aqueducts, those most triumphal examples of Roman arched architecture, have been displaying the engineering genius of the ancients for tens of centuries. These spectacular monuments not only ...
Global Ossuaries: 7 Creepy Wonders of the (Un)Dead World
It sounds like a horrible nightmare: human bones stacked in patterns on the floor, their skulls lining the walls and staring, gaping-eyed, at visitors. It's no nightmare, though: in churches, ...
Men of Science: 10 Historic Monuments to Great Geeks
Scientists are the reason we are able to power the lights in our homes or to connect with people hundreds or thousands of miles away. Some of them were real geeks or strange, quirky and eccentric ...
