This impressive scene portrays the elusive forest giraffe of Central Africa.

A fantastic reconstruction of a 10th-century Viking longhouse.

The remains of a World War II-era Japanese American internment camp dot a windswept Colorado hill.

This verdant, tree-lined Reykjavik graveyard is both enchanting and eerie.

A memorial to a giant seabird that was hunted to extinction.

This quirky museum will make you question everything, including the shape of the planet.

A chaotic collection of maritime artifacts, art, and really whatever else happens to be around.

This quirky museum celebrates the history of a local cod fishing industry.

This morbid scene depicts the Darwinian drama of death on the African savannah.

Instead of solid circles, the stoplights in this northern Icelandic town have glowing red hearts.

This magnificent herd of stampeding elephants has been frozen in time for over a century.

One of the few working locomotive roundhouses in the United States.

One of the most dazzling dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History is also one of the oldest.

This Upstate New York park squeezes a lot of history into its two-acre triangular space.

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

Plaques on its facade commemorate the Tiber's most destructive deluges.

The remnants of the base where US Army troops learned how to fight in extreme conditions.

These elusive, isolated rodents evolved into a distinct, locally iconic subspecies.

The bell that once tolled atop a lost Edinburgh gate now hangs for all to see.

This bird-shaped rock formation defies gravity, time, and classification.

One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.

This building's metal facade is the last of its kind in all of Canada.

A 1975 bylaw prohibits the construction of any building that would block the view of this Gothic Revival church.

This unique, full-sized copy of the Bayeux Tapestry sports a few modern additions, including underwear.