The vast oceans contain many natural wonders, but they are also home to some astounding additions made by humans. Across the world statues have been sunk into the oceans for a variety of reasons—as memorials, to offer protection to a fragile marine environment, or simply as art. Colored with algae and populated by coral, some of the statues have become tourist destinations in their own right.

Ocean Atlas off New Providence, Bahamas

Guardian of the Reef statue off Grand Cayman

MUSA // UNDERWATER SCULPTURE PARK

The biggest underwater statue ever

EASTER ISLAND STATUE // MYSTERIOUS MOAI

MUSA or Museo Subacuatico de Arte off Cancun, Mexico

CHRIST OF THE ABYSS // A MEMORIAL TO DIVERS LOST AT SEA