The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

A Natural History and Science Emporium.

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

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

Here be dragons.

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

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

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

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

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.

A legendary speakeasy bookstore returns from the brink.

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

More gold than anywhere else, ever.

New York's oldest magic store.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

Around half a million years ago, these magnificent columnar basalt cliffs were formed from cooling lava.

This Yellowstone geyser may not shoot as high as the nearby Old Faithful, but it erupts for considerably longer.