A small graveyard is hidden in the midst of a bustling university campus.

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

After surviving abandonment, this powerful Latin American mural is alive again.

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

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

This taxidermy scene brings the struggle for survival in the Indian jungle to a quiet corner of a Manhattan museum.

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

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

A beautiful multicolored mound formed by the mineral deposits of the Orenda Spring.

Now the final resting place of prominent artists and musicians, it was originally founded to separate the rich from the poor in death.

Built just after the American Revolution, the oldest row house in New York City still stands in Chinatown.

The summit Roosevelt conquered before he descended to become The Chief.

New York's unstoppable progress turned this cemetery into the smallest burial ground in the city.

A historic recreation of the golden age of the Erie Canal, abandoned for some time, slowly being restored.

The dairy farm in upstate New York where nearly half a million people gathered for three days of peace and music in 1969.

Manhattan's Thirteenth Avenue was made on landfill then deliberately destroyed — apart from one small, obscure block.

Set sail on a small scale.

Rochester's signature culinary delicacy.

This lovely little pond is named after the hundreds of soldiers' corpses that were rolled into the waters during the French-Indian War.

Red frames showcase remnants of one of New York's original subway stations.

A plaque immortalizes the spot where the early American spy said his famous last words: "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."

A sewing machine tycoon built this miniature castle for the people and to beautify a lakeshore.

This throwback amusement park is home to rides and unique storybook figures from the past.

There are owls with glowing eyes in Herald Square.