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.

Greenery cloaks this serene sculpture in a Canadian park, inspired by the famous, restored Lost Gardens of Heligan in England.

An upright tribute to a Ukrainian heroine who went undercover and killed several Nazi operatives.

Wall Street has a heroine, a small but fierce girl, and she's become one of New York's most beloved landmarks.

High in the Montana Rockies, the third-largest statue in the United States opens welcoming arms and lights up the night sky.

This statue commemorates the meeting of the most influential minds of the women’s rights movement, near the site in New York where they helped change the nation.

The Texas museum is filled with broncos and Betties, with a tough cowgirl standing vigil out front.