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

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

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.

Handsomely crafted representations of our round planet.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.

A Trabant car, a kangaroo statue, and a plethora of plants take over this abandoned-factory-turned-bar.

One of the oldest churches in Romania is believed to have been built on the site of a pagan temple.

This 11th-century structure is one of the oldest churches in Romania.

A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.

When you're a great Russian Tsar, even your vomit gets a statue.

Enjoy a slice while browsing the world's largest collection of pizza memorabilia.

New York City's only wildlife rehabilitation center treats more than 3,000 feathered and furry patients each year.

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

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

Here be dragons.

Once thought to be the fabled Holy Grail, it is now known to be an oil lamp.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

Now abandoned, this East Austin school for the disabled began as the "State Colony for the Feeble-minded."

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.