Colorful murals stationed throughout Charlotte bring poetry to everyone.

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

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

A small piece of the composer's New York home lives on in the center of Czech culture in Manhattan.

This abandoned seaside fortress is now simply an imposing ruin being taken back by nature.

Dedicated to preserving the history of free Black communities in Brooklyn and beyond.

This enormous banquet-themed artwork honors over 1,000 notable women throughout history.

This plot of old-growth forest is the largest surviving remnant of New York City's original woodland.

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

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

This city park was once a lookout point for George Washington’s army during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.

A town trapped in time - 1958 to be exact.

Staten Island's original central park is the former home of the city water supply as well as thousands of immigrant graves.

Here be dragons.

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

Small monoliths of several varieties of stone sit alongside a wooded path in the Bronx.

This Dutch Colonial home is the oldest remaining farmhouse in Manhattan.

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

The flagship building of an early national restaurant chain is a superb example of terra cotta art.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

This preserved wilderness hides the remains of a colonial grain mill used to feed George Washington's troops.

These century-old townhouses contain some of the first car garages built in the United States.