Taxidermy

A natural history museum with an extensive collection of bird dioramas.

Where an entire elephant skeleton, a snakeskin table runner, and thousands of animal remains become art.

The oldest museum in Borneo is a cornucopia of rare taxidermy and human skulls.

A heroic pigeon that, through a barrage of gunfire, delivered a message that saved over 100 lives in World War I.

Medical museum that houses most notably the taxidermied remains of Vladimir Demikhov's famous two-headed dog experiment.

The heroic sled dog of the 1925 serum run is preserved in taxidermy.

A basement full of treasures lies beneath this inn that has worn many hats throughout its 140+ years.

Roadside attraction with more than 1,000 stuffed and mounted animal skins displayed in simulated natural habitats with hand-painted backdrops.

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

One of the world's largest collections of rare and magnificent bird specimens.

This hanging crocodile is thought to be the "dragon" that once plagued a Czech city.

A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.

This stuffed pigeon of war had the very serious name "John Silver" until he lost a leg in battle.

Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.

A traveling postal dog covered 48 states and more than 140,000 miles, and he lives on as taxidermy, patched up with a rabbit's foot and a pig's ear.

A small town market proudly displays numerous taxidermied animals along its walls.