Easter Island

There's a Calvin and Hobbes cartoon where Calvin has sculpted large snow moai in his front yard. As his father looks on, Calvin shouts, "What's wrong with Easter Island? I like Easter Island!"
I doubt that was my first contact with information pertaining to Easter Island, but it's actually what I always think of in association with it. Now I'm also going to include this picture from the NY Times because it looks so unreal. The article is about the moai and the island's issues with restoring the large stone statues.