This Art Deco fortress in upstate New York gives Manhattan's vaunted examples of the style a run for their money.

A six-story treehouse offers spectacular views of New York's Finger Lakes region.

This roadside dinosaur park offered up lumpy neon thunder lizards in the name of kitsch and education.

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

A gigantic 10-foot tall stone man.

The souvenir got the company’s founder out of a pretty pickle at the World’s Fair.

Recovered suit of a cannibalistic West African gang.

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

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

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

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

A controversial magical figure is hidden within a diorama of the city.

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

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

This poignant display is now a memorial to these regionally extinct species.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.

A fascinating community art piece created by students, teachers, and noted Philadelphia artist Isaiah Zagar.

In use from 1742 to 1910, only flat headstones were allowed in this cemetery.

A former plant in one of the hubs of U.S. steelmaking has been turned into this museum celebrating the history of American industry.

George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and Benjamin Franklin all slept at this humble inn.