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" Most Americans are familiar with the Washington Monument in Washington, DC, and it doesn&amp;#039;t take a trip to Paris to know what the Eiffel Tower is. But some monuments are a little more\u2026unusual. With this in mind, we looked into lesser-known creations around the world, stumbling upon everything from a Transformers-style statue to a fountain depicting a child-eating ogre. Read on to learn about some of the most bizarre monuments across the globe.  Transformer-Inspired Monument in Beijing, China  In June 2010, Bi Heng, a student at the China Central Academy of Fine Arts, finished building this 32-foot-tall, 2-ton &amp;quot;Kwansformer.&amp;quot; He created the sculpture to honor Chinese general Guan Yu, who, according to Chinese legend, played a pivotal role in the collapse of the Han Dynasty in 220. While it may seem as though Heng is just a huge Transformers fan who took his hobby to the next level, he says the $41,000 statue is made out of a Jiefang CA10 Chinese military vehicle to embody the &amp;quot;old revolutionary attitude.&amp;quot; Check out the video describing the project, here. Photo: Bi Heng/China Central Academy of Fine Arts  Enema Monument in Moscow, Russia  Of all the reasons to build a monument, the enema isn&amp;#039;t exactly the first that comes to mind. But alas, in June 2008, the Mashuk-Akva Term spa in the southern Russian city of Zheleznovodsk unveiled this 800-lb behemoth dedicated to just that. According to the Associated Press, the Caucasus Mountains region is known for its health spas, which administer enemas with mineral spring water. This fact makes the $42,000 sculpture locally relevant. But to the rest of us? It&amp;#039;s just plain bizarre. Photo: Associated Press Benedict Arnold Boot Monument in Saratoga, New York  In the Saratoga National Historic Park there stands a monument dedicated to a famous war hero\u2014well, technically, to a famous war hero&amp;#039;s leg. In the Battle of Freeman&amp;#039;s Farm during the American Revolutionary War, Benedict Arnold was severely wounded, his leg pinned underneath his horse. The monument was erected on the spot where Arnold fell. Unfortunately, according to PBS.org, it was during his recuperation that Arnold became upset with his lack of recognition from the government and, in turn, became a traitor, offering his services to the British. Photo: courtesy of U.S. Army Broken Chair Monument in Geneva, Switzerland  Erected in August 1997 by Swiss artist Daniel Berset for Handicap International Suisse, the Broken Chair Monument was placed outside the Palais des Nations in Geneva to symbolize opposition to land mines and cluster bombs. Though it was originally displayed for the three months leading up to the signing of the Ottawa Treaty (which banned the use of anti-personnel mines), the refusal of significant countries to sign the treaty prompted the chair to be left in place. Photo: Johannes Simon/Getty Images Charles La Trobe Monument in Melbourne, Australia  Charles La Trobe was the first governor of Victoria, Australia, from 1839 to 1854, and was responsible for establishing the University of Melbourne, the Royal Botanic Gardens and the State Library of Victoria. But La Trobe became all but forgotten in modern times. So, in 2005, a monument was installed in his honor at the City Museum in Gordon Reserve. Queensland artist Charles Robb created the sculpture out of plastic and fiberglass to resemble a 19th-century bronze statue, and placed it upside down. In an interview with La Trobe University, the University&amp;#039;s Museum of Art curator, Vincent Alessi, said that with this piece, Robb was examining &amp;quot;the role of that sort of sculptural presentation of past figures.&amp;quot; Plus, because La Trobe is better-known in England, &amp;quot;if you&amp;#039;re viewing this from England, you&amp;#039;re actually viewing it the right way up,&amp;quot; Alessi says. Photo: Mick Stanic/Flickr St. Wenceslas Riding a Dead Horse in Prague, Czech Republic  If this sculpture looks a little funny, it should. Built in 1999 and housed in the gallery of Lucerna Palace (a shopping and entertainment complex in Prague), it&amp;#039;s David Cerny&amp;#039;s tongue-in-cheek take on St. Wenceslas, the patron saint of Bohemia. Here, he rides on the belly of an upside-down dead horse\u2014the exact opposite of a famed Wenceslas statue which stands in nearby Wenceslas Square as a symbol of Czech pride. Photo: Julien Attiogbe/Flickr The Child-Eating Ogre in Bern, Switzerland  Known as the Kindlifresser or &amp;quot;Child Eater,&amp;quot; this graphic statue of a man gobbling up babies was constructed by Hans Gieng between 1442 and 1546. The monument is subject to several theories, the darkest one anti-Semitic, based on medieval European suspicions that Jewish religious rituals involved the murder of children. Another theory is that the ogre depicts Cronus, the Greek god who ate all his children to keep them from taking over his throne. The final theory is that the piece represents the older brother of Duke Berchtold, the founder of Bern, who apparently went mad and ate the town&amp;#039;s children. Photo: Ingolf Pompe / LOOK-foto / Getty Images Manneken Pis in Brussels, Belgium  This naughty little boy has been part of an important fountain in Brussels since the 16th century. Theories about its origin abound: It honors a young ruler who urinated on troops after they kidnapped him; it commemorates a missing boy who was found while peeing in the street; it depicts a boy who saved the city by putting out a fire with his, ahem, good aim. Regardless of the statue&amp;#039;s origin story, it&amp;#039;s considered a symbol of the rebellious Brussels spirit. It&amp;#039;s likely you recognize the image from residential swimming pools, garden ornaments, ashtrays and the like, since it has been replicated the world over. Photo: Roy Rainford/Getty Images "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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