Vietnam's largest Buddha—towering more than 200 feet over a lotus-shaped temple—depicts a female sage.

One the windswept plains of South Dakota stands a striking sculpture honoring the women of the Lakota and Dakota Nations.

This life-sized monument commemorates the dedicated abolitionist and social reformer, whose Michigan home was a stop on the Underground Railroad.

In Russia, the world's tallest statue of a woman wields the world's longest sword, and is unfortunately at risk of toppling over.

This somber São Paulo statue recalls a heartbreaking history, of enslaved women forced to nurse their owners' babies.

A giantess welcomes travelers to a small Saskatchewan town with a traditional Slavic greeting of bread and salt.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in London, one of the cities she once destroyed.

A statue honors 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships by the ultimate hostess of Savannah, the Hostess City.

Glasgow hosts a memorial to the International Brigade volunteers from Great Britain who fought and died in the Spanish Civil War.

This amazing abuela became a diehard metal fan late in life and an icon of Madrid's 1980s rock scene.