Temples and shrines offer travelers the opportunity to experience local culture in a peaceful atmosphere filled with ...

In June 1995, a giant statue of Michael Jackson provided a surreal sight in the heart of London when it was floated on a barge down the River Thames. This 32ft (10m) pop colossus was just one of ...

In June 1995, a giant statue of Michael Jackson provided a surreal sight in the heart of London when it was floated on a barge down the River Thames. This 32ft (10m) pop colossus was just one of 10 ...

The statue´s arms span 18.4 meters, welcoming visitors to the resort´s crowded sandy beaches and Vung Tau city, 125 kilometers east of Ho Chi Minh City. According to the local Church, the statue, ...

Rest of World News: A 14th-century Buddhist statue stolen from a Japanese temple has been returned from South Korea after a lengthy legal dispute, highlighting ongoing tensions between the two ...

Dozens of temple members and local residents standing by the roadside applauded to welcome the statue as a truck carrying a wooden container with it arrived at Kannonji, a temple on Japan’s ...

A 14th-century Buddhist statue of the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, stolen from Japan's Kannonji temple in 2012, sits at Buseok Temple in Seosan, South Korea, Monday, May 5, 2025. (Kyodo News via AP) ...

KONAN, Aichi -- A gentle-faced giant Buddha statue with "sunglasses" in this central Japan city, north of Nagoya, has become a popular spot. When seen from a site where a railroad crossing's black ...

A giant 12-foot-tall bronze sculpture of a young Black woman now sits on the north side of Duffy Square on Broadway and 46th Street facing 47th Street. TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP via Getty Images The ...

(KGTV) — A video going around online claims to show a giant statue of Jesus Christ being built on the White House lawn. According to the caption, President Trump is putting the statue up as a ...

NOBEOKA, Miyazaki -- One of the country's largest statues of Buddhist monk Kukai (774-835), posthumously called Kobo Daishi, at Imayama Daishi temple in this southwestern Japan city was purified ...

Including the moat, the Maya temple has seven layers and is mostly composed of Chiseled Stone, Grass, Leaves, Moss, Mossy Cobblestone, Mossy Cobblestone Stairs and Walls, and Vines.