Spomeniks (former Yugoslavia) — To some, Tito's WWII monuments have an ugly beauty. Plamen 'A Conversation with Oscar Wilde' (London) — Wilde would presumably have had something witty to say about this well-intended but hideously executed memorial. Once he'd gotten over the shock. Alan_Stanton African Renaissance Monument (Senegal) — "Now, that's a lot of scrap metal." Africans were unimpressed by this worryingly Teutonic, multimillion-dollar kitsch-ercise. SEYLLOU/AFP/Getty Images Stonehenge WWI memorial (Washington) — "Er, Sam, I kinda think the point of Stonehenge is that it doesn't look as if was designed by an orthodontist." 9/11 memorial (New Jersey) — A touchy subject and one unsuccessfully addressed in this lachrymose "gift" from Russia to the United States. Thanks, Vladimir! Scott Gries/Getty Images MLK memorial (Ohio) — Poor Martin Luther King seems to have been decapitated four times. What does it mean? Who cares? Just marvel at it. Jay_Smith Pope John Paul II memorial (Rome) — Right: The pope statue before people complained about the Mussolini resemblance. Left: After they "fixed" it. FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images Monument to Party's Founding (North Korea) — With its mallet, scythe and pen rendered in concrete brick, this one looks like an advertising gimmick dreamed up for a bargain general goods store. Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images Neutrality Monument (Turkmenistan) — This cheekily named tribute to a Turkman potentate may mark the exact point where tastelessness meets ugliness and mutates. Michael Jackson tribute statue (London) — There are ways of commemorating a great pop music talent and then there's ... Ian Walton/Getty Images Prev Next
