Towers of Bayon, Cambodia (c 1200)

These two monumental landmarks, both portraying the
faces of their respective areas' most important leaders seem like they
should have been  created with the same intention.  However, this is not
the case. The four Presidents' faces were carved into Mount Rushmore,
as a way to create a tourist attraction for South Dakota. The Bayon
Towers, however, were constructed in the capital itself, and designed
so that the giant faces of the king (or bodhisattva) would be watching
over the people. The Buddhist Cambodians were not seeking to make
extra money off of the Towers. The architects of Mount Rushmore were.
The mountain draws two million people to South Dakota each year.

Mount Rushmore, United States (1925)