This cheese shop also houses a museum devoted to Dutch dairy.

This statue of one of baseball’s greatest pitchers looks like something out of a sci-fi horror movie.

This beautiful Brooklyn monument over a crypt memorializes a grim and largely unknown story from the American Revolution.

The highest rapid transit station in the world.

One of the city’s oldest watering holes was originally the home of a famous James Brown (not that one).

For almost a century, this East Village newsstand has served egg creams to beats, hippies, punks, and everything in between.

This obscure walkway links Edinburgh’s Old Town with one of the city's prime vantage points.

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

The first museum in the United States dedicated entirely to posters.

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

This early version of the guillotine was used to execute the man responsible for its construction.

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

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.

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

A historic, century-old house plopped along the perimeter of Houston's ballpark.

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

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

The dance of this huge clock is a magnificent and eerie commentary on good and evil in the history of humankind.

The Scottish Reformation leader's grave was paved over and is now a parking lot.

Edinburgh's oldest statue hides within a parking lot behind the city's iconic cathedral.

The famed amusement district marks the beginning of summer with a wild procession of nautical creatures.

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

This interactive gallery makes you feel like you've stepped into a fantasy world filled with whimsical monsters.