This train station inspired the name of a 1970's rock band and provided the backdrop for their album cover.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

If it hadn't been caught in time, a flaw in the design of this Manhattan skyscraper could have led to its collapse.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Here be dragons.

The only museum outside of Australia dedicated to exhibiting the artwork of Indigenous Australian artists.

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

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

This picturesque abandoned home is rumored to be a spite house.

A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

Whimsical cookie-themed plaques mark the birthplace of the Fig Newton.

A grassroots community effort in the 1970s led to the creation of this beautiful garden full of delightfully whimsical exhibits.

This hotel was the site of major events in sports and radio history. It was also used as a detention center during World War II.

Hundreds of personalized inscribed planks make up this historic boardwalk.