7 Weirdest Monuments Around The World (PHOTOS)
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Boll weevils, the Fonz and even filing cabinets: If it exists there's probably a monument to it somewhere in the world.
Our friends at the website-of-weird, Atlas Obscura, took a look at some of the strangest public monuments, to some of the weirdest, and most ordinary objects out there.
Check out their picks below. Your favorite not included? Submit your picks in comments!
Text and photos courtesy of Atlas Obscura.
Boll Weevil Monument, Alabama
With the exception of a catchy song by The Presidents of the United States of America, the boll weevil is a creature that's rarely celebrated partly because it's an ugly beetle, but mostly because it has a nasty habit of destroying crops and ruining lives. When the boll weevil arrived in Enterprise, Alabama, farmers didn't panic -they diversified, replacing cotton crops with peanuts and rejuvenating the local economy. By 1919 they felt the meddlesome bug had earned a statue.
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The Texas one must have been inspired by Spinal Tap's 18 inch Stonehenge.
June 26 2011 at 3:39 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWill someone please tell the Texans that Stonehenge is not on Easter Island .
June 26 2011 at 3:04 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replywithout weird things what would this world be like , normal ?
June 26 2011 at 2:29 PM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down ReplyA small correction, that giant perogy is in Canada, not Minnesota.
June 26 2011 at 2:03 PM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down ReplyThats cool. A 60% scale replica of Stonhenge.
Know what would be cooler? A full size replica. Kinda like the one outside of Goldendale, Washington. Nice research Atlas Obscura
Actually that's a chinese steamed dumpling and there should be a pair of chopstix through it.
June 26 2011 at 1:14 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWhere would the world be without "THE FONZ"?
June 26 2011 at 12:14 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThe statue with the Stonehenge reproduction has, of course, absolutely nothing to do with the 'henge. But that's ok by me as I have aways liked those Easter Island heads.
June 26 2011 at 11:56 AM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down ReplyOoooops! The Giant Pierogy is in Alberta, Canada and not in Minnesota!!
June 26 2011 at 11:51 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyA Cowpie " dontchaknow
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