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

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

Here be dragons.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

A journey to a hand-crafted island involves a trip across this lattice bridge.

A former infectious disease laboratory chronicles how tuberculosis shaped a village nestled in the Adirondacks.

A nearly 100-year-old dining car in upstate New York embodies the golden age of roadside dining.

The drawbridge used in the filming of the movie 'Annie' has been in the open position as it was in the movie for decades.

The radio station that's been promising to make love to you for the last 15 years—if you happen to be on one specific block in suburban New Jersey.

Featuring the the longest lift span of any vertical-lift bridge in the world.

A giant scrap metal troll rests his hands on top of a dilapidated building covered in graffiti.

Family-run for more than a century, this pizzeria makes a unique mustard pie.

Take a step into the workshop where Edison and his employees revolutionized the world.

Seven golden statues rise into the sky from sculptor Victor Victori's New Jersey front lawn.

Edison's cast-in-place concrete houses were a failure, but way ahead of their time.

Yo, Adrian!

An Irish Memorial commemorating those who perished due to potato blight.

A son's promise to his dying father in the form of a covered bridge filled with thousands of seashells.