ith arms outstretched 28 meters, as if to encompass all of humanity, the colossal Art Deco statue of Christ, called C...

The Buddha Dordenma Statue is a 169 feet tall statue of Buddha, built at the foot of the hills in Thimphu. This iconi...

The obelisk marks the precise center of the continent, as calculated by legendary Brazilian explorer Candido Rondon. ...

It may be only the world's second most northernly statue of Lenin (the top spot still belongs to Pyramiden), but it's...

A cannon from a shipwreck discovered in 1977. In 1647, the Sacramento, a large Portuguese galleon, set out on her mai...

The square is home to hundreds of giant Russian nesting dolls. There are nesting dolls with the faces of Vladimir Ily...

A monument at the site of the 2004 tsunami-hit passenger train derailment.

Few people remember the terrible terrorist attack that took place on September 19, 1989, over the Sahara Desert. On t...

The most important monument of Ashgabat in located in the southern part of Turkmenistan Independence Park, which cove...

Temples are usually made of stone, stand still and glorify mortal and immortal power. I started to think about this t...

Built in commemoration of Bangkok's 150th anniversary celebrations in 1932, the monument is at the foot of the Great ...

In Greek mythology, Prometheus is represented as a titan who created humanity from clay. He is credited with stealing...