A touching tribute to the "Queen of Soul."

This monument is dedicated to Balto, the heroic Alaskan sled dog.

A controversial magical figure is hidden within a diorama of the city.

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

Recovered suit of a cannibalistic West African gang.

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

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

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.

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.

Amid the bustle of the Pike Place Market is a poem by famed Japanese poet Narihira.

A 20-foot statue reminds viewers of an extinct species.

The devil-defying mark left by a saint as a boy is visible inside Lisbon's cathedral.

This stone angel is one of the biggest caryatids in all of Paris.

With a history dating back to Victorian times, this architectural gem is a rare New York tourist haunt worth visiting.

One of Amsterdam’s most popular cultural and recreational complexes is on the site of a former gas works.

A construction mishap at this narrows on the Fraser River rendered it impassable to many migrating fish species, with international consequences.

This Las Vegas casino boasts one of only three spiral escalators in the United States—an engineering wonder.

This buzzy, award-winning building hovers 85 feet above the ground on a dozen colorful stilts.

The world’s largest street art museum.

Founded in 1961, this comic shop is said to be the oldest in the world.

This 17th-century house was once the trading hub for two prominent Canadian fur barons.

The only example of a Paris Métro sign in use at a subway station outside of the French capital.