Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

Here be dragons.

Once thought to be the fabled Holy Grail, it is now known to be an oil lamp.

Even for Egyptian royalty, the afterlife was bring-your-own-beef.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

This half-ton piece of the Alps sits at the base of the CN Tower.

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.

The grave of America's 11th president is not in some grand monument but instead it's hidden away on the grounds of the Tennessee Capital.

The lead horse on a Disneyland merry-go-round that is older than the park itself.

Inspiration struck on this seat outside the Griffith Park merry-go-round.