A highlight is the Chinese Scholar's Garden, the first in the country and an authentic replica of 12th-century design.

Step on board an authentic replica of a Biloxi oyster schooner.

Even authentic replicas may not be particularly good investments.

The collection has authentic replicas spanning over 140 years of transportation history, with special emphasis on automobiles.

The collection has authentic replicas of the world's first combustion engined automobiles, airplane and steam-engines.

La Grace is an authentic replica of the brig from the second half of the 18th century.

Interior rooms restored with period furniture, to create an authentic replica of a Victorian Mansion.

Paying members and volunteers help build and maintain the authentic replicas.

It was an authentic replica of the one that they actually lived in.

But who is to say what is an authentic replica and what is not?