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

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

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

This impressive scene portrays the elusive forest giraffe of Central Africa.

The first "Hut" was actually a small brick building.

An aviation relic that made coast-to-coast travel possible.

The third tallest lighthouse in America once guided author Stephen Crane to safety.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

A rare tour of a commercial jet assembly plant, held inside one of the largest buildings in the world.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

Two large-scale sculptures of Adam and Eve greet visitors in the nude at the Time Warner Center in NYC.

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

Commercial airplanes land mere feet over the heads of sunbathing beachgoers on this tiny island.

This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.

Ho Chi Minh's perfectly preserved body has been on display here since 1975.

The former home of Norway's greatest romantic composer.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

It's a pretty creepy lock-up.

North Central Florida's largest flea market and a weekend roadtripper's dream.

The world's largest occupied bat houses hold hundreds of thousands of flying mammals.

An early 20th-century bullring converted into a modern shopping center.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

This small island declared independence from South Korea in the hopes of attracting tourists.

South Korea's women of the sea have completely flipped their society's structure by becoming revered fisherwomen.