This half-ton piece of the Alps sits at the base of the CN Tower.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

One of many reminders of Tesla's scientific contributions overlooks the falls which inspired him.

This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.

This staircase in a lush tropical grotto was built by enslaved laborers and renamed to honor Queen Victoria's role in ending slavery in the British Empire.

The first presidential bomb shelter was located in an old vault under the Treasury, connected to the White House via tunnel.

The monument's pointy aluminum tip has been melted down by repeated lightning strikes.

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

Here be dragons.

Recovered suit of a cannibalistic West African gang.

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.

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.

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.

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

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