Touch an actual dinosaur bone at this eclectic trove of Rocky Mountain treasures.

World Trade Center memorial likened to a woman's sexual organ.

This roadside attraction attracts kids with dinosaurs before blindsiding them with geology.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

The 28,000-year-old specimen is remarkably intact.

While most wind tunnels test scale models, the "Cave of Winds" was large enough for actual airplanes.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

The tallest waterfall in the Judean Desert is named for its connection to a biblical figure.

This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.

These strange piles of magnetized volcanic ash travel across the desert about 50 feet per year.

Human ancestor’s 3.6 million year-old footprints.

An ancient underground cultic temple where sunlight penetrates on the summer solstice.

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

An eerie diorama that captures the majestic nature of a few prehistoric-looking beasts.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Here be dragons.

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