This massive oak tree has ties to the first native tribes of the region and the founders of Texas.

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

An ivy-covered arch bridge dedicated to Tejano music singer and legend Rosita Fernandez.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the "Golden Age" of the American automobile.

This massive monument honors the first human in space.

Gargantuan home of Russian science.

One of the world's tallest statues is also one of its most hated.

World's largest bell sits on the grounds of the Kremlin in Moscow.

The tallest hotel in Europe.

Moscow's most popular cemetery includes the graves of numerous cosmonauts.

Former headquarters of the KGB.

Museum celebrating the achievements of the Soviet space program.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.

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

Jimi Hendrix's legendary recording studio in Greenwich Village.

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.

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

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.