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.

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

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

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

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

This monument to a veteran of the Mexican-American War is one of only two in Manhattan that serve as an actual mausoleum.

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

Here be dragons.

Twenty-three trees, each paired with a basalt stone, line a street in Chelsea, continuing an urban project started by German Fluxus artist Joseph Beuys.

The only surviving sidewalk clock in Brooklyn.

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

This Manhattan museum houses one of the largest collections of Spanish art and manuscripts outside of Spain.

Manhattan's deadly West Side railroad, which killed hundreds of New Yorkers, is remembered by this simple plaque.

An unconventional space for art and science housed in a massive old warehouse.

Ever wanted the laymen's version of your credit card fine print?

A trove of century-old litho stones from the Puck Building's printing days were discovered behind a cellar wall, and are now hanging in the store.

Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.

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

The most confusing clock in New York.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.

Holding the most bodies of any cemetery in the United States.