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28 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Buffalo, New York

Updated October 29, 2025
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Buffalo Olmsted Park System map (1881)

How Buffalo Became a City Within a Park

When Buffalo hired Frederick Law Olmsted to plan its parks, the Central Park designer decided to go big. The park he created changed landscape architecture forever.
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No photographers were allowed in the room during the ceremony.

When Teddy Roosevelt and the City of Buffalo Met at the Crossroads of History

America’s modern era began with a small ceremony in a Buffalo home.
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The local coroner’s report was once classified and now can be yours for a cool $80,000.

For Sale: President William McKinley’s Top-Secret Autopsy Report

After McKinley’s assassination, a local Buffalo coroner was called in to tell the nation how the 25th president died.
by April White, Atlas Obscura
Parts of the Buffalo area saw more than 6 feet of snow over three days in November 2022.

What Is Lake-Effect Snow?

A snowstorm that slammed into Western New York left more than six feet of snow in places. Blame the Great Lakes.
by Michael A. Rawlins, Atlas Obscura
There are lots of stories about the provenance of the block letters—but it’s hard to pin down the origins.

The Puzzling Provenance of Historic Hebrew Type

It's hard to match the letters with their creators.
by Karen Chernick, Atlas Obscura
Welcome to the International Sangha Bhiksu Buddhist Association, formerly Saint Agnes Roman Catholic Church.

The Sacred Afterlives of Buffalo’s Vacant Churches

The best way to preserve a church in a shrinking city is often to convert it to a mosque or temple.
by Sabrina Imbler, Atlas Obscura
Once upon a time there was a cemetery here, in Tangier, Virginia.

From Indonesia to Ingonish, Some Bones Won't Stay Buried 

As seas and storms erode coastlines, cemeteries are giving up their dead. 
by Jennifer S. Holland, Atlas Obscura
Not puny any more.

Please, Stop Flushing Live Goldfish Down the Toilet

Or anything else that doesn't belong there, for that matter.
by Jonathan Carey, Atlas Obscura

Lists Featuring Buffalo

Blue Sky Mausoleum.
Darwin Martin House Complex.
Skylights on the exterior porch made of red cypress.
A restored Wright house on the Burnham Block.

A 12-Stop Road Trip of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Most Surprising Designs

A UFO-inspired church, a futurist gas station, and more deep cuts.

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Including Blue Sky Mausoleum, The Darwin D. Martin House, and Kentuck Knob

Aerial image of Vietnam, displaying the picturesque rice terraces, characterized by their layered, verdant fields.
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