The Pioneers Statue vandalized in Minneapolis with "Decolonize" "Land Back" & "All Colonizers Are Bastards.

George Washington statue toppled in Minneapolis.

The "City Hall Victory Garden" with boarded up windows.

The Sponge Diver Memorial in Tarpon Springs, Florida, honors the Greek immigrants who established the town’s sponge diving industry in the early 1900s. The bronze statue depicts a diver holding a traditional brass helmet, symbolizing the skill and danger of the underwater trade. Located near the historic Sponge Docks, it serves as a tribute to the workers who helped shape the community’s maritime heritage.

In Kiln, Mississippi, the legacy of Brett Favre looms large. Outside Hancock High School’s football stadium, a life-sized statue of the quarterback stands mid-throw, immortalizing the local athlete who went on to become one of the NFL’s most prolific passers. Set against the backdrop of the school’s red track and green turf, the monument reflects both community pride and the enduring place of football in Southern culture. For locals, it serves as a reminder that even from a small Gulf Coast town, greatness can reach the national stage.

These towering concrete presidential busts sit hidden in the woods near Lead, South Dakota—remnants of a once-ambitious roadside attraction called Presidents Park. Conceived by Texas artist David Adickes and opened in 2003, the park showcased forty-three sculptures, each roughly 20 feet tall, depicting every U.S. president from Washington through George W. Bush. The attraction struggled to draw visitors and closed by 2010, leaving the massive heads stranded in the forest. Over time, nature reclaimed the site, with fallen branches, moss, and pine needles collecting around the statues. Today, the figures stand as haunting relics of early-2000s Americana tourism and the impermanence of grand civic art in private hands.

Nathanael Greene Statue in Greensboro, North Carolina.