A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.

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.

Here be dragons.

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

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

Recovered suit of a cannibalistic West African gang.

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

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

This morbid scene depicts the Darwinian drama of death on the African savannah.

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

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

It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.

A historic Civil War estate-turned-museum looks back on the Confederate States of America.

The Lowcountry color with the power to stop evil from entering a home.

This colorful gate stands as an entrance to the walled city of Old San Juan.

This beachside town is home to a diverse nature reserve, multiple cays, and one of the three bioluminescent bays in Puerto Rico.

A sharply wedged sundial marks the point at which each day in the United States begins.

Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple.

This massive complex is made up of hundreds of smaller temples that date back to the ninth century.

Subterranean place of worship in Indonesia.

After a water tower painting was accused of being an ad, a simple fix was made that gave the city a motto.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

An oil baron's wild paradise and the winner of an ill-fated air race.