No visit to NYC is complete without a trip to the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), celebrated not just because of its fantastic and comprehensive collection but also for playing a starring role in the "Night at the Museum" film starring Ben Stiller and Robin Williams. And of all its attractions, the 94-foot-long blue whale model is the most iconic. Serving as the focal point of the massive Hall of Ocean Life, the whale is so popular that galas, dinners, even sleepovers are held under the massive sea creature. A note from the writer: this is a pre-pandemic tale. The AMNH opened in 1869, after a charter was signed by then-Governor of New York, Theodore Roosevelt Sr., father of the future US president. Located on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, right across from Central Park, the AMNH takes up an area equivalent to 18 city blocks and has a collection of over 34 million specimens, from ancient fossils to outer space rocks.   And out of this huge collection, only about 1...