When the plague struck York, this stone was used to leave supplies for the sick.

This dig site outside D.C. is known for its exceptionally high density of baby dinosaur fossils and dinosaur eggs.

Pay your respects to departed pets, both celebrity and otherwise.

The rubbery beast is sculpted from recycled materials.

A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

The natural history museum displaying the British bird collections and dioramas of Edward Booth, free of charge.

Taxidermy and miniatures come together to create this unique museum.

This statue honors the thousands of Allied avians that served and died for France during World War I.

Taxidermy of a famous hippo who spent three years walking over a thousand miles across South Africa.

The secluded beach getaway from Wes Anderson's dreamy summer romance.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

Whale bones, scrimshaw, and sperm oil make up just a part of this comprehensive collection of whaling history.

Trash escaped from a landfill to fill beaches with all kinds of treasure.

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

In the early 1800s, surgery was also a show.

This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.

The oldest restaurant in the world is this old-world Spanish eatery, still known for its suckling pig.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.