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

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

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

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

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

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A rusted metal giant pays tribute to Birmingham’s industrial past.

This 36-foot-tall bronze Lady Liberty holds a real flaming torch.

The second-tallest water tower shaped like a peach in the American South.

This space rock fragment is one of the only meteors to have ever struck a human.

These ruins are all that's left of the former Alabama State Capitol.

This lonesome Monterey cypress has survived centuries of wind, salt, and at least one attempt at arson.

This 24-acre park offers a place for meditation in the midst of Sedona's iconic red rocks.

The short-lived railroad town in central Oregon has been abandoned since the 1930s.

You might recognize this historic Oregon mansion from its appearance in 'The Goonies.'

Underneath this water pump, Annie Sullivan helped Keller speak her first words.

One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.

The permanent home of a 1960s traveling museum of tiny historical dioramas.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

A castle-inspired apartment building that has stood in Birmingham since 1927.

Since it formed millions of years ago, this cave system has been a sacred burial ground, a Prohibition-era speakeasy, and the center of an amusement park.

Abstract marble carving for an 8.5-pound rock.

This museum pays tribute to the Cherokee leader who created a written language for his people.