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

Here be dragons.

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

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.

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

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

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

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

Serving Central Asian breads that range from cracker-crisp to warm and fluffy, this bakery brings Bukhara to Queens.

A mysterious statue of a leather jacket-clad rebel leans coolly on an odd yellow clock.

One of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in the city, it is now overgrown with an urban forest.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

The most radioactive spot in New York City can also fix your muffler.

A self-made museum in Queens, New York continues to display the work of a sculptor known for paving his own way.

Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

To avoid the demolition costs this abandoned drawbridge was simply left in the up position.

A simple Colonial home with a past haunted by death and madness.

Last residence of H.P. Lovecraft featured in his story "The Haunter of the Dark."

This 3,500 pound obelisk was constructed with more than 1,000 reclaimed guns.

Rhode Island's tallest building bears a resemblance to the "Daily Planet" building and has been empty for more than five years.

From horses to stainless-steel trucks, this iconic Providence burger wagon is one of the oldest mobile diners in the country.

The stone sculpture of an Ottoman soldier is an homage to a lost Providence landmark.

An architectural statement of artistic intent smack in the middle of Providence, Rhode Island's Colonial uniformity.