The remains of a community that was forced to move for a dam that never materialized still rot in this Pennsylvania park.

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

In which a local geological marvel becomes a quaint roadside attraction.

"Dark Sky Park" is heaven on Earth for astronomers, one of the rare U.S. locations with no artificial light pollution.

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

An eerie diorama that captures the majestic nature of a few prehistoric-looking beasts.

Creating this diorama spurred naturalist Carl Akeley to begin advocating to protect the apes.

This poignant display is now a memorial to these regionally extinct species.

This taxidermy scene brings the struggle for survival in the Indian jungle to a quiet corner of a Manhattan museum.

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

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

Here be dragons.

This memorial honors thousands of enslaved Africans and their descendants who died in colonial New York.

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

Outstanding taxidermy dioramas showcase the grandeur of the continent's wildlife with spooky realism.

The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.

HBO series' stage tucked away in a Greenpoint lot is the largest theatrical set of its kind in the United States.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

Constructed in the 1920s, this former pencil factory is now an office building.

An abandoned subway tunnel that could have reinvigorated Staten Island still lies somewhere beneath this Brooklyn park.

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.

The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.