Places Edited by Sydney Rose

This vast, pristine wilderness is home to a rare subspecies of black bear.

You don't have to visit the deep blue sea to see these majestic creatures swimming wild and free.

These light, hollow rolls have been linked to Acadia National Park since the 1890s.

The most biologically diverse protected area in Africa is also the most dangerous.

This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.

This beautiful deer park was built so King Charles I and his court could go hunting while escaping a deadly plague outbreak.

One of the last refuges of the endangered eastern lowland gorilla.

The home of half the world's population of critically endangered mountain gorillas.

These colorful French islands spent a stint bootlegging booze during American Prohibition.

Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.

This gnarled old tree supposedly sprouted from seeds kept in the pocket of a 16th-century Spanish sailor.

Dogs, cats, horses, monkeys, frogs, and fish are laid to rest at the second-oldest pet cemetery in the U.S.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

Canada's accused-traitor-turned-folk-hero is buried under a red stone in a ring of his own.

The house where John Wilkes Booth conspired with his co-conspirators.

Don't be a grizzly man. Get personal with Alaska's wild bears from the safety of this conservationist camp.

The last of Philadelphia's wood-paved streets is now a landmark of terrible engineering.

A decorated war pigeon stands guard in eternal taxidermied rest at his alma mater.

Every animal in the torah taxidermied and crammed into a Brooklyn townhouse.

The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.

The summer home of the largest colony of bats in the world.

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

Where the polar bear watches over everything, and every drink is a double.

The heroic sled dog of the 1925 serum run is preserved in taxidermy.