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

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

Here be dragons.

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

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

Fake subway tiles were installed to cover a design that resembled the Confederate flag—it's unclear if the resemblance was intentional.

The former home of the reclusive "Weird Wendels" who dominated New York real estate a century before Donald Trump.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York's only fraction of a street.

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.

A commemorative plaque hides a door that leads down to the New York Public Library's underground book bunker.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

Even for Egyptian royalty, the afterlife was bring-your-own-beef.

Rat sculptures try to infiltrate the Graybar Building in an architectural tribute to New York City's nautical history.

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

There are owls with glowing eyes in Herald Square.

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

The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.

Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.

A vibrant, 100-foot-tall mural dedicated to Evelyn Nesbit, the tragic icon of the Gilded Age.

This Fifth Avenue church has long been the favored worshiping place of Broadway actors and vaudeville performers.