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.

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.

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

This Stockholm art museum integrates many of its pieces into the surrounding outdoor areas and natural landscape.

Buried deep in the forest near Limbe, this little known slave port became the point of no return for 10 percent of enslaved Africans.

This village surrounded by breathtaking waterfalls is one of the wettest places on earth.

Taste freshly foraged yarrow and black locust blossoms at this ambitious cocktail bar.

Long before ultrasounds and modern testing, medical specimens like these conjoined twins helped physicians learn about congenital anomalies.

This scalding hot river was thought to be a myth until one geoscientist made it his quest to study the mystical waters.

Wander among free-roaming storks at the sanctuary that helped save them from local extinction.

A Black Forest cuckoo clock theme park features one timepiece big enough to walk inside.

Bohol's mysterious brown hills.

A patch of Philippines forest devoted to saving the lives of an emotionally sensitive species of googly-eyed primates.

An eatery in a shallow river where diners can enjoy their meal mere feet from the base of an artificial waterfall.

As lake waters recede, a German village reemerges after more than a hundred years.

A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.

This natural history museum houses one of the world's largest rat kings, a terrifying jumble of tangled rodents.

A former ironworks that was the first UNESCO industrial site.