The world's last remaining store of its kind.

The beautiful behemoth is one of the largest trees of its kind in the United States.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

An antique store houses the last operational diner from the defunct department store chain.

A focal point of in Denver’s skyline for over a century, inspired by a Venetian basilica.

Oldest building in California still in use.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.

These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.

This magnificently macabre shield shows the power of chivalrous love in medieval times.

This intriguing Bronze Age artifact spent centuries hidden within a Welsh faerie hill.

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

A gruesome and mysterious ancient sculpture of a pagan deity from the Roman occupation of Celtic Britain.

Here be dragons.

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

This “living museum” at UCLA exhibits thousands of plant species from all over the world.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

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

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

Historical figures from New York City's Catholic community reside in Midtown.