A mummy and sarcophagus are part of the many wonders in this library's collection.

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

This sprawling taxidermy collection celebrates the art and history of sport hunting.

Take a trip back to the 1950s and the heyday of the road trip along Historic Route 20.

Though the case is scorched and the buttons half-melted, this hardy handheld gaming device can still run a game of Tetris.

More than 350 million years ago, western New York was covered in a vast sea. Today, you can dig up the remains of the plants and animals that lived there.

An elaborate memorial to a man local legend says died of a broken heart.

The best way to get a sneak peek at the movies.

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

Established in 1937, the oldest candy shop in New York City boasts a rainbow-colored inventory that would make Willy Wonka envious.

This Catskills museum preserves stumps from the earliest known fossil forest on Earth.

Fossilized sea bottom and lime quarry.

Tucked away on the second floor of a small town library is one of the great private Victorian taxidermy collections looking today very much like it did in 1909.

The final resting place for the famed creator and narrator of "The Twilight Zone."

Antique skeletons and taxidermy creatures were found crammed in a university closet.

One of the last taxidermists in New York City.

This island castle contains enough secret passageways to support a season of Scooby-Doo episodes.

This humble historic facade hides a history of boozing and the gentlemanly sport of rat-fighting.

This exhibit allows visitors to wander through the interior of a replica Ice Age glacial cave.

This sprawling collection of saintly relics includes such fascinations as wood from the Cross of Jesus and threads from Mary's veil.

A fire station-turned-church-turned-museum dedicated to the work of seminal light artist Dan Flavin.

The first pet cemetery in the United States.

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

Site of the first pathological and bacteriological research facility in the United States.