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

The innocent intentions of this monument are somewhat lost in the sculpture's muscled imagery.

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.

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

A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.

The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.

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

A haunting monument dedicated to the Royal Naval Air Service and the Fleet Air Arm.

A tribute to an explorer and naturalist often overlooked by history.

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

This iconic high-rise residential block was one of the last to be built in the Brutalist style.

The tennis legend used this racket while breaking the race barrier and becoming the first Black man to win the US Open.

The first newspaper printed by an expeditionary force was published in this colonial mansion.

A quiet, semi-secret square with statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Virginia Woolf, and a conscientious objectors stone.

One of two lighted lanterns hung in the church belfry on the eve of the Revolutionary War to warn that the British were on their way.

The castle still holds traces of the abandoned Roman fort it was built atop.

Among the oldest structures in Madrid, these Moorish walls once guarded the medieval city of Mayrit.

The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.

Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.

An abandoned 14th-century castle and prison complex on a small island in the Neva River.

The preamble to the U.S. Constitution written entirely from vanity license plates hangs in the Smithsonian museum.

A section of the long chain that blocked enemy ships from entering Constantinople.

This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.