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

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

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

A CT scan revealed the identity of this 3,000-year-old mummy that everyone erroneously thought was female.

This giant monument of the RCA mascot is a beloved fixture in Albany, New York.

An entire city block built completely out of petrified wood.

Herman Melville wrote 'Moby Dick' in this landmark 18th-century house surrounded by farmland.

A tunnel with windows, so you don't miss out on the impressive views.

Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

These three lighthouses played a fundamental role in the maritime life of Eastham.

These commemorative stones honor a young woman born in captivity.

The 72-foot giant escaped confinement in a large patch of mulch only to be reburied in the sandy shores of the Potomac River.

At the supposed instruction of Ben Franklin and Socrates, a Spiritualist believer intended to birth a mechanical messiah here.

These items are all that remain from the room used by the author during his second tour of the U.S.

One of 100 “Whaling Wall" murals painted in 13 different countries by a renowned marine life artist.

Built for television, this statue now serves as an unlikely memorial to a fireman who died on 9/11.

The debris forms a solemn memorial to those who died in a 1963 accident.

This candy-striped tower is the farthest east you can go in the United States.

The second-oldest garden cemetery in the U.S. was also a college brainstorm spot of Stephen King.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

A gravestone marks where a man's lost limb was laid to rest.

This smiling statue memorializes local cartoonist Bob Montana and his legendary creation.