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

Dine on old-school red sauce fare at a former mob hang out and film set for The Sopranos.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

See four top-secret US spy aircraft of the Cold War era, including the legendary SR-71 Blackbird and the A-12 Oxcart.

The road plays 30 seconds of the Marine’s Hymn when driving over the grooved pavement.

View the California coastline (and the home of Barbara Streisand) inch by inch with stunning, government-sanctioned aerial photography.

Inky sludge oozes to the surface of this beach thanks to a rare natural tar seep.

A Cold War site complete with rusty structures, hiking trails, and beautiful views.

These characters from a Robert Louis Stevenson novel stand in an unlikely place.

A multi-storied painting that depicts the area's rich and diverse maritime history.

Erected in memory of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who was born close to this spot, this statue commemorates the author and his famous detective.

A building-sized painting of the renowned 19th-century American abolitionist.

The castle that provided the setting for much of 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' is now a pilgrimage site for fans.

Poetic, metallic giraffes adorn a square off an Edinburgh thoroughfare.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.

Dublin's most modern, visually spectacular bridge is modeled after Ireland's national emblem.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

The somber sculptures commemorating Irish Famine on the river Liffey in Dublin.

More than 5,000 artifacts donated by the people of the city, plus a room entirely devoted to the band U2.

The enchanting archway is the only surviving portal into Dublin’s lost medieval wall.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.