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.

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

Two large-scale sculptures of Adam and Eve greet visitors in the nude at the Time Warner Center in NYC.

The one-time office of the architectural firm that ushered in the Gilded Age is now a Club Monaco.

A 19th-century politician who died after walking home in a blizzard is honored with this Manhattan statue.

Where the legendary Orson Welles got his theatrical start before "Citizen Kane."

This Manhattan skyscraper is a reminder of the brief but glorious age of urban air taxis.

Here be dragons.

The mysterious image is believed to show Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, in a beautiful blue dress.

New York City's first Modernist house.

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

This simple Manhattan salt house is artfully shaped... well, like a giant granule of salt.

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

The competition: breathe deeply as long as you can.

Set sail on a small scale.

A reminder to choose water over wine since 1888.

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

Amid the marketing blitz of modern Times Square is an elegant holdover from its showbiz glory days.

The one-time epicenter of American songwriting is now a little remembered Manhattan commercial block.

The best B-movies filmed on a shoestring budget were born here.

The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.

This curved Manhattan building was built to house the opulence of John D. Rockefeller's oil empire.