A statue representing a lost Roman profession that was vandalized for centuries.

A retired subway car stands alone in a field in the middle of Queens.

The oldest house of worship in Palm Beach has a wonderful tropical garden.

The narrowest street in Paris.

This Philly landmark has a giant butterfly pavilion, three floors of insect displays, and withstood a $40,000 heist.

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

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.

You can swim in these highly salty, mesmerizingly blue lakes in the Atacama Desert.

One of the world's most advanced radio observatories sprawls across the Atacama Desert.

The ruins of a pre-Columbian fortress city so secure it held off the Spanish conquistadors for over 20 years.

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.

A large boulder marks the place where the island of Manhattan was purportedly "sold" to the Dutch.

Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.

Here be dragons.

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

Hidden inside one of the world's most well-visited zoos is a secret plaque promising eternal life.

Built on the remains of one the Incas’ most important gathering spots, this square keeps the spirit of a fallen empire alive.

A former hardware store near Yerba Buena is the official home of California's history.

The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.

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

You can still ride this 100-year-old work of art in Brooklyn's largest public park.