Friday, July 10, 2020

World's Weirdest Statues And Monuments to See: From Alice and Aristotle to Mushrooms and Waltz

Angels, bottles, Fruit, guitars, whatever you like, somebody, somewhere has made a statue to it. Usually advertising local produce. Why not? The USA, Canada, and Australia are especially fond of giant monuments.

Here they are, first alphabetically by type, to track them down by subject matter, then by country for convenience of visit.

Alice in Wonderland: Central Park, New York, USA;



Australia.
Statue of Alice, Rymill Park, Adelaide, Australia.

Angel of the North, UK.

Aristotle, Aristotle, Aristotle Park, Greece.


Bean (Pinto Bean), Canada.

Duck, Canada. Mallard Duck at Andrew, Alberta.

Guitar, Australia.

Mermaid (Little Mermaid), Copenhagen, Denmark.

Mushroom monument in the village of Vilna, (not  the city of Vilnius,) Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Sunflower, Bow Island, Albert Canada.

Sphinx of Giza, Egypt.

The Thinker, by Rodin, in Copenhagen, Denmark. (I have seen this in at least two other places.)



The Waltz. France 
(In French, La Valse.)

What To See Where
America: Alice in Wonderland
Australia: Alice in Wonderland
Canada: Alberta: Antelope, Bear, Beaver. Bee, Bison, Cowboy, Cowboy Boot, Crow, Crown, Dinosaurs, Duck. Elk, Moose, Mushrooms. Pig, Piggy Bank, Potatoes, Pumpkin, Sunflower, Swan, Teepee
Denmark: Little Mermaid; The Thinker.
Egypt: The Sphinx
France: The Waltz
UK: Angel of the North.

Useful Websites
http://www.bigthings.ca/alberta/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue

About the author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.

  • I and my family have lived in the UK, Spain, the USA and Singapore. I am a travel writer and photographer and teacher of English A level and English as a foreign language.

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