Read and watch videos about all of the exhibits in New York’s American Museum of Natural History. All of the permanent exhibits have extensive information about what is on display, and it is easy to spend hours caught up investigating.
Natural History Museum (London) Virtual Tour
In partnership with google street view, you can now navigate the Natural History Museum as if you were there. Admittedly the fine print on displays cannot be read, but you can certainly see all the larger boards and certain specimens have even got online listings – well worth checking out!
52 Things You Should Know
A great series of books from Agile Geoscience on 52 things you should know about geophysics, rock physics, paleontology and geology.