New York, New York
Sambar and Wild Dog Diorama
This taxidermy scene brings the struggle for survival in the Indian jungle to a quiet corner of a Manhattan museum.
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New York, New York
This taxidermy scene brings the struggle for survival in the Indian jungle to a quiet corner of a Manhattan museum.
New York, New York
This poignant display is now a memorial to these regionally extinct species.
Coombs, British Columbia
This quirky countryside store is known for the goats that hang out and eat the grass on its roof.
Qualicum Beach, British Columbia
This country market harbors goats on its roof.
Vancouver, British Columbia
What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.
Vancouver, British Columbia
A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.
New York, New York
Creating this diorama spurred naturalist Carl Akeley to begin advocating to protect the apes.
New York, New York
Here be dragons.
Antananarivo, Madagascar
See hundreds of herons and egrets in the heart of the city in this dreamy hidden park.
Alexandria, Virginia
This colonial tavern played host to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous early Americans.
Paris, France
Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.
Los Angeles, California
Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.
Dearborn, Michigan
A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.
Dearborn, Michigan
The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.
Detroit, Michigan
The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.
Washington, D.C.
The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.
Washington, D.C.
Home to items never before seen by the public.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A model of a dinosaur that was named for Andrew Carnegie stands outside the museum that also bears his name.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.
Chicago, Illinois
To find the "unicorns of the deep" you've got to go downstairs.
Chicago, Illinois
These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.
Bemidji, Minnesota
These crudely shaped folk giants may be the the second most photographed statues in the U.S.
Denver, Colorado
This museum offers an actual time machine back through Colorado's past.
Budapest, Hungary
From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.