A 17-meter statue weighing far more than Egypt's largest Ramesses colossus was carved from a single granite block over a thousand years ago in Karnataka, India. Unlike hillside carvings that remove ...

A granite carving at Granite City Park in Hallowell was created by Mark Herrington. “Flowing Through” was carved from several pieces of Hallowell granite. (Daryn Slover/Staff Photographer) Hallowell, ...

Eighteen thousand people worked in the Barre granite industry at its peak in 1929 — quarrying the rock, carving and shaping the stone, creating the tools used in the stone sheds. These days, that ...

The Crazy Horse Memorial is much more than just a massive face on Thunderhead Mountain. While the granite carving is eye-catching, the Black Hills site has museums, special hiking events, and cultural ...

This giant bust of Ataturk which is currently under construction in a suburb of Izmir in Turkey, looks pretty impressive from afar. However, unlike Mount Rushmore, it's not carved out of the mountain, ...