Prepare to be perplexed by the "spomenik," dozens of Brutalist/alien WWII monuments built from the '60s to the '80s all over Yugoslavia.
https://espionart.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/spomenik1.jpg?w=800
Check out the Spomenik Database for tons of pix.
― Hideous Lump, Tuesday, 1 August 2017 03:59 (six years ago) link
Those look like fragments left behind by the Elder Gods.
Also, did anyone else on here get a little bit of a Dr. Doom vibe from the Dignity statue?
― Moodles, Tuesday, 1 August 2017 05:51 (six years ago) link
top right is like the evil stained glass sculptures in The Last Guardian
― André Ryu (Neil S), Tuesday, 1 August 2017 06:45 (six years ago) link
43 president head statues.
https://advent✧✧✧.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Presidents-Heads-Photo-credit-Laurie-Colli✧✧✧@dccitygirl-1180x✧✧✧.j✧✧
Story here: https://adventure.com/abandoned-presidents-heads/?utm_content=president+heads&utm_medium&utm_source=facebook
― nickn, Thursday, 3 August 2017 06:38 (six years ago) link
Oh well, pics at the link.
― nickn, Thursday, 3 August 2017 06:40 (six years ago) link
have we had this one yet?
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2017/08/a-gigantic-buddha-sculptures-emerges-from-the-top-of-a-hill-in-japan/
― koogs, Thursday, 3 August 2017 14:06 (six years ago) link
that is beautiful
― mh, Thursday, 3 August 2017 14:08 (six years ago) link
the buddha silo
― ogmor, Thursday, 3 August 2017 14:08 (six years ago) link
whoa that's amazing!
― new noise, Thursday, 3 August 2017 14:36 (six years ago) link
or you can go to his studio in Houston xp
http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/david-adickes-sculpture-gallery
― ein Sexmonster (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 3 August 2017 14:48 (six years ago) link
The replies to this tweet are well worth checking out for awesome statue action, even though plenty of them are neither terrifying nor gigantic:
What are your favorite public statues?— Matt Pearce (@mattdpearce) August 17, 2017
― Moodles, Thursday, 17 August 2017 17:24 (six years ago) link
http://www.colombia.travel/en/where-to-go/caribbean/barranquilla/activities/shakira-monument
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/3169096.jpg
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Monday, 25 September 2017 14:27 (six years ago) link
Lucky that her statue is small and humble
― The Fortnightly Intruder (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 28 September 2017 23:31 (six years ago) link
A 17-Story Dragon Climbs Thailand’s Pink 80-Meter Buddhist Temple
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2017/12/17-story-dragon-temple/
― koogs, Tuesday, 19 December 2017 21:29 (six years ago) link
we have a winnerholy shit that is awesome
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 20 December 2017 02:35 (six years ago) link
Not unless it has a water slide inside the entire length of the body
― Evan, Wednesday, 20 December 2017 04:38 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYVCz9k_sLY
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Friday, 29 December 2017 16:34 (six years ago) link
Terrifying.
― pplains, Friday, 29 December 2017 17:46 (six years ago) link
don't step on DEL noooooooooo
― Karl Malone, Friday, 29 December 2017 17:51 (six years ago) link
three horseman of the ctrl alt delocalypse
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Friday, 29 December 2017 18:32 (six years ago) link
Cats!
https://dangerousminds.net/content/uploads/images/made/content/uploads/images/Ships-Cat-by-Kenji-Yanobe-6_465_349_int.jpg
from:https://dangerousminds.net/comments/humongous_statues_of_cats_wearing_helmets
― nickn, Wednesday, 3 January 2018 18:25 (six years ago) link
http://www.therwandan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/The-huge-statue-of-President-Jacob-Zuma-unveiled-in-Owerri..jpg
― faust apes (NickB), Tuesday, 13 February 2018 12:23 (six years ago) link
Odessa, Ukraine
https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/28575640_947367342085238_4933037017836392472_n.jpg?oh=b7ccf93dcc2c8fd8da6cc7ef190bec1f&oe=5B09A981
― nickn, Monday, 5 March 2018 19:54 (six years ago) link
far too cute to scare
― ogmor, Monday, 5 March 2018 20:13 (six years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/DyeCs1v.jpg
― pplains, Saturday, 17 March 2018 18:03 (six years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/jf5GCu9.jpg
i came across this while listening to ligeti's requiem and i nearly fell off my couch. luckily i was pretty deeply entrenched in the couch so i was able to stay on top of it.
― Karl Malone, Friday, 30 March 2018 18:00 (six years ago) link
Don't think this one's been posted yet. Kerala, India.
https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/30124900_10155172525292032_8900071529027682688_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=b6d32318e351fa516f8c43743dd4a0e2&oe=5B6A4A83
― nickn, Friday, 6 April 2018 23:14 (six years ago) link
Having acute "wowwww" reactions to both of those
― my dreams in the hell-pits (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 7 April 2018 23:31 (six years ago) link
yeah holy cats @ both of these
it's interesting that the bird is on its back
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 8 April 2018 03:33 (six years ago) link
coming out of self imposed exile for this one: Giant Javan Chicken Church
beforehttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3156330/Incredible-images-mysterious-abandoned-Chicken-Church-built-Indonesian-jungle-man-vision-God.html
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/07/10/15/2A69981C00000578-0-image-a-25_1436537756185.jpghttp://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/07/13/08/2A7C1A8F00000578-3156330-Comfortable_One_traveler_described_how_there_are_as_many_as_15_r-a-35_1436773189110.jpg
afterhttp://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/who-built-the-chicken-church-indonesia
http://assets.atlasobscura.com/article_images/55039/image.jpghttp://assets.atlasobscura.com/article_images/55096/image.jpghttp://assets.atlasobscura.com/article_images/54959/image.jpg
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 3 May 2018 14:56 (five years ago) link
superb, wld also be a good place to set up a colony of noise dudes
― ogmor, Thursday, 3 May 2018 15:04 (five years ago) link
http://cnet2.cbsistatic.com/img/esy2FJROGrsvRbBASYvyTpm99dQ=/2018/07/18/c9ab7216-c28c-4087-b4ca-253064f490e0/3.jpg
https://www.cnet.com/news/giant-jeff-goldblum-statue-erected-for-jurassic-park-anniversary/
― Closed Beta (NotEnough), Wednesday, 18 July 2018 12:29 (five years ago) link
https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2018/08/cau-vang-bridge-ta-andscape-architecture_dezeen_2364_hero2-852x479.jpg
Two giant hands hold up Golden Bridge in Vietnam
― visiting, Friday, 10 August 2018 05:17 (five years ago) link
speaking of Vietnam, how dope is THIS
abandonedandurbex:Abandoned waterpark Ho Thuy Tien in Vietnam (x-post evilbuildings) [3024 x 4032] https://t.co/3AWIavemq1 pic.twitter.com/6oPzJHPpdh— Wᴀʀʀᴇɴ Eʟʟɪs (@warrenellis) August 9, 2018
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 10 August 2018 05:24 (five years ago) link
Whoaaa
― Paul Reverse and the rediaRs (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 22 August 2018 13:25 (five years ago) link
I've posted a pic of the Lord Murugan statue in Malaysia before - reposting again because the 272-steps behind it just got a new rainbow-themed paint job, likely aimed at attracting the instagram crowd.
https://www.buro247.my/thumb/625x1250_0/xbatu_caves_colourful_new_look_ca.jpg.pagespeed.ic.GLs1-5ZNfK.jpg
looks real pretty, though too bad they didn't seek permission before repainting.
― Roz, Monday, 3 September 2018 09:30 (five years ago) link
great thread! here's a few from japan. first this mellow as fuck dude in Nanzo-in.
https://preview.ibb.co/d7fahz/nanzo_in.jpg
and then this moody rainy day shot in Nagasaki looks suitably freaky
https://preview.ibb.co/kQwsUe/nagasaki.jpg
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Monday, 3 September 2018 13:07 (five years ago) link
here's that last one from another angle so you can see what she's standing on
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/98/235926075_f03074d669.jpg
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Monday, 3 September 2018 13:09 (five years ago) link
love the chillaxin giant
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 3 September 2018 13:13 (five years ago) link
xp is it Kannon then?
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Monday, 3 September 2018 13:25 (five years ago) link
the babies with outstretched hands really send that one over the top
― ogmor, Monday, 3 September 2018 13:42 (five years ago) link
yep more info at http://armchairtravelogue.blogspot.com/2009/08/turtle-shaped-temple-nagasaki-japan.html
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Monday, 3 September 2018 13:58 (five years ago) link
Not a fan of the rainbow road by the Murugan statue, I’m afraid. We visited a couple years ago, during my honeymoon, and at the top of the stairs are the Batu Caves. The monkeys were incredibly mischievous, it was wonderful. The rainbow road is in keeping with the entire place though, I guess. It has the feeling of a once awe inspiring place that has been taken over by tackiness
― Karl Malone, Monday, 3 September 2018 14:41 (five years ago) link
Was it hard to keep from falling off the sides?
― Evan, Monday, 3 September 2018 17:04 (five years ago) link
xpost Tackiness is pretty much what us Malaysians do best lol. Batu Caves is a bit of a tourist trap most of the year, except during the big Hindu festivals when no one is trying to charge you to pet a snake.
― Roz, Tuesday, 4 September 2018 01:37 (five years ago) link
Typhoon Trami toppled a 25-meter, 40-ton Kannon Bodhisattva in the city of Nanjo, Okinawa where the winds were strongest. https://t.co/QmjkfyaOsf pic.twitter.com/wrYRvJ35Cq— Wataru Tenga's English Tweets (@wataruen) October 1, 2018
― Fizzles, Monday, 1 October 2018 06:14 (five years ago) link
http://www.slate.com/blogs/atlas_obscura/2014/07/22/wat_rong_khun_or_the_white_temple_in_chiang_rai_thailand.html
http://www.slate.com/content/dam/slate/blogs/atlas_obscura/2014/07/22/wat_rong_khun_or_the_white_temple_in_chiang_rai_thailand/5521256578_2d9132ddb4_o.jpghttp://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_JjebY-qEkQ/W7uVdqrzlbI/AAAAAAAAGMQ/KbB40KaRXvoLqT7y0Mfa5P-2MElnokVgACL0BGAYYCw/h1319/2018-10-08.pnghttp://flavorwire.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/ak8.jpghttp://flavorwire.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/ak6.jpghttp://flavorwire.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/ak4.jpg
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 8 October 2018 17:39 (five years ago) link
whoa
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 8 October 2018 18:01 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqkQU5w_s5Y
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 8 October 2018 20:49 (five years ago) link
it’s like a Second Life installation but it’s 100% real
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 9 October 2018 01:35 (five years ago) link