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This oversize piece of novelty cookware once cooked the largest pancake in the world.
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This non-binary preacher formed a religious movement in the region of New York later known as the “Burned-Over District.”
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One patriotic farmer's ode to the 9/11 tragedy remains even after the farm changed hands.
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World's largest herd of white deer populate a former U.S. Army depot.
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This museum pays homage to a device that precipitated a watershed moment in Finger Lakes food production.
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