A dazzling display of lights and crystals.

Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.

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

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

The monumental steeple on Amherst College's campus has no church attached to it.

One philanthropist's extensive collection of knick-knacks and curiosities is now a public museum of oddity.

The site of a concentration camp where inmates were made to take part in one of the largest counterfeiting operations in history is now hauntingly empty.

One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

The largest free-standing aquarium in the world resides in a hotel lobby in Berlin.

The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

A memorial in the Tiergarten is a reminder of the suffering inflicted on homosexuals by the Nazi regime.

Dedicated to the European Sinti and Roma peoples murdered during the Holocaust.

The walls of Germany's Parliament still show the scars of the Red Army takeover in World War II.