Places Zesra Wants to Go

The magical, mossy forest that inspired 'Princess Mononoke.'

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

Swirling layers of white and red rock earned these mountains their festive nickname.

The collection is exhibited in a Staten Island building modeled on traditional Himalayan architecture.

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

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.

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

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

A modern addition to the Greenpoint skyline.

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

Here be dragons.

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

One of the last taxidermists in New York City.

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

Recovered suit of a cannibalistic West African gang.

Con Edison’s exotic and heat-loving pests.

A remnant from the golden age of aviation still in use today, Pan Am's Clipper service took off from this Art Deco gem.