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Destination Athens (Piraeus) Statues from Greece's classical era at the Acropolis Museum in Athens. Photo: © Barry Vaudrin
Destination Easter Island The Moai statues on Easter Island were carved from volcanic rock Photo: Photo by Ellen Miller · © Ellen Miller
Destination Easter Island Mo' moai on Easter Island. Photo: Photo by Ellen Miller · © Ellen Miller
Destination Easter Island There are 887 moai, carved from rock, throughout Easter Island. Photo: Photo by Ellen Miller · © Ellen Miller
Destination Easter Island The red tops atop moai are believed to signify an erupting volcano. Photo: Photo by Ellen Miller · © Ellen Miller
Destination Easter Island A soulful-looking moai on Easter Island. Photo: Photo by Ellen Miller · © Ellen Miller
Destination Easter Island A moai sentinel on Easter Island. Photo: Photo by Ellen Miller · © Ellen Miller
Destination Easter Island A 2012 excavation of some Easter Island statues revealed the heads are connected to giant bodies, which are covered in tattoo-like designs and symbols. Photo: Photo by Ellen Miller · © Ellen Miller
Destination Easter Island On average, the moai on Easter Island stand 13 feet high and weigh 14 tons. Photo: Photo by Ellen Miller · © Ellen Miller
Destination Easter Island A row of Easter Island's iconic moai. Photo: Photo by Ellen Miller · © Ellen Miller
Destination Easter Island Moai were monolithic human figures carved by the Rapa Nui people on Easter Island in eastern Polynesia between the years 1250 and 1500 AD. Photo: Photo by Ellen Miller · © Ellen Miller
Destination Easter Island A row of moai seen from the rear. Photo: Photo by Ellen Miller · © Ellen Miller
Destination Easter Island There are 887 moai, carved from rock, throughout Easter Island. Photo: Photo by Ellen Miller · © Ellen Miller
Destination Easter Island Visitors pose with a stand of moai figures on Easter Island. Photo: Photo by Ellen Miller · © Ellen Miller
Destination Czech Republic An alley of 30 baroque statues decorate the beautiful 15th-century Charles Bridge in Prague, the Czech republic. Courtesy of CzechTourism
Destination Prague The medieval Charles Bridge in Prague, the Czech Republic, at sunrise, Courtesy of CzechTourism
Destination Easter Island Ahu Tongariki is the largest ahu (stone platform) on Easter Island. It contains 15 moai (statues), including an 86-ton moai that was the heaviest ever built on the island. Photo: David Berkowitz · Creative Commons BY 2.0
Destination St. Petersburg Neoclassical marble sculptures by Antonio Canova at the State Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia. Photo: My Past · Creative Commons BY