Niagara Falls holds a special place in Nikola Tesla's history, so they put a statue on it.

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.

A taxidermied stork with an arrow through its neck proved that birds migrate.

A snake farm famous for its venemous varieties.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

A traveling postal dog covered 48 states and more than 140,000 miles, and he lives on as taxidermy, patched up with a rabbit's foot and a pig's ear.

The heroic sled dog of the 1925 serum run is preserved in taxidermy.

The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.

The remains of Martha, the last known passenger pigeon, serve as a tool to educate about conservation.

A heroic pigeon that, through a barrage of gunfire, delivered a message that saved over 100 lives in World War I.

The Florence Nightingale Museum is home to the famous nurse's most treasured possession: her beloved pet owl.

Dedicated to the art of hunting, with juxtapositions of contemporary art.

One of the final concrete ships built before World War II is now a crumbling breakwater.

This revered mutant tree was felled in an act of ecoterrorism leaving a legacy of myth and possibly murder.

One of Australia's largest collections of preserved animals is on display in a historic theater.

From neon green watering holes to bleached elephant foetuses, this Mozambique museum makes natural history weird.

This small Brazilian museum honors the work of a German biologist who studied the jungles for decades.

This Canadian exhibit with claims as the largest one man taxidermy collection in North America.

A plaque on Canada's Hornby Island commemorates a fantastical creature from a fictional universe.

This tiny square mile of Canadian sand was once considered the world's smallest desert.

This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.

This Elizabethan hedge maze is one of only six in North America.