Tenacious mummies survived dental problems, eternal entombment, and more than their fair share of devastating fires.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.

Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

Hopeless romantics will swoon over the sweet story behind this bright and colorful home.

A century and a half of research in the sciences and natural history, still going strong.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

This 19th-century building inadvertently preserved the handprints of its builders within its walls.