13 Stunningly Strange Sculptures That Will Mesmerize Your Kids

Amy Hopkins

2nd January 2018

At its best, family travel is all about seeing the kids’ faces light up with wonder. If you really want to see them light up, show them the world’s most brilliantly weird sculptures. What will your little explorers make of these?

Image credit: Lissa Poirot

“The Awakening,” Hamilton Township, New Jersey

Don’t wake this sleeping giant, located on the Grounds for Sculpture in Central New Jersey, near Trenton. There are nearly 300 vastly unique sculptures spread across 42 acres of outdoor park, varying in size and whimsy. Kids are often encouraged to interact and play on the sculptures, and the grounds features wild roaming peacocks, picnic areas, and restaurant straight out of the pages of “The Wind in the Willows,” Ratz.