The word "monument" derives from the Latin "monumentum," meaning "memorial," and "monere," or "to remind," according to Merriam-Webster. Throughout history, structures have been erected to commemorate ...

A 25-foot-tall statue hand carved from a single stone of the Hindu deity Lord Hanuman is set to be erected at the Om Sri Sai Balaji Temple in Monroe Township this April or May. Hanuman is a Hindu God ...

A Texas-based startup is seeking backers for its new, ambitious project: building the largest statue in the country. The statue, a 500-foot stainless-steel monument to George Washington, would sit ...

FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Just off a state highway in New Jersey, one of the largest statues of the Buddha in the United States appears unexpectedly in the middle of a backyard. It rises 30 feet ...

Reaching just below 600 feet, the Statue of Unity in India is touted as the world's tallest statue at the time of this writing and measures nearly twice the height of the Statue of Liberty. A video ...