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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

Used as a military post in three different engagements, this fort has remained incomplete and unfired upon for nearly 200 years.

Quotes and poems etched on stone plaques are hidden along this waterfront walkway.

Referred to as "the crappiest fountain ever," this sculpture has been splashing unknowing passersby since 1969.

A heritage park that explores the history and ecology of Whangārei.

Handcrafted thermal spa washes away each night with the tide.

Giant lamp houses the tourism information center.

One of the oldest, tallest, and most haunted lighthouses in America.

A rare specimen of an iconic extinct animal in downtown Sydney.

Hidden within Sydney’s lush Royal Botanic Garden is a walled cactus rockery and the site of Australia's first zoo.

A 19th-century perch for spotting sailing ships now boasts one of the most iconic views in the Southern Hemisphere.

A tower made from shell rock designed to commemorate fallen soldiers in World War I.

A giant chain sculpture that plays on the Māori myth that Rakiura (Stewart Island) is an anchor stone chained to the South Island.

The story behind this beloved toy—named for Theodore Roosevelt and owned by his grandson—is more complicated than you might guess.

The innocent intentions of this monument are somewhat lost in the sculpture's muscled imagery.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.