The grandiose interior of this bar speaks to its past as home to famous jewelers and railway offices.

This enormous banquet-themed artwork honors over 1,000 notable women throughout history.

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

A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.

The dance of this huge clock is a magnificent and eerie commentary on good and evil in the history of humankind.

These medicine cabinet staples are part of the museum's collection of everyday objects.

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.

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

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.

This sacred space and gathering spot for the Wyandot Nation has been the surrounded by controversy and confusion.

A piece of John the Baptist in the American heartland.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

The world's third-largest crystal sphere has sat in the Penn Museum since 1927 with the exception of one outlandish theft.

A large collection of ancient runestones decorates this university courtyard.

Legend says this fabled well held part of a mythical Norse tree.

The official meeting point for the oddly named governing assembly of ancient Sweden.

This mysterious runestone embedded in a church wall is linked to the medieval cult of Saint Erik.

This amazingly well-preserved villa just outside Pompeii boasts rare examples of ancient Roman paintings.

Uppsala's adorable feline sign celebrates a popular children's book set in the Swedish city.

This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.

Detroit’s Eastern Market has been transformed into an outdoor museum with colorful murals that address social issues and symbolize the city.

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