A massive environmental project transformed this former smelter into a beautiful park.

This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

This vessel is believed to be the oldest operating fireboat in the world.

The third version of this tall sailing ship sits, rusted and burnt, in Lake Ontario.

This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.

Niagara Falls holds a special place in Nikola Tesla's history, so they put a statue on it.

One of many reminders of Tesla's scientific contributions overlooks the falls which inspired him.

Learn about the last river many crossed to find freedom from slavery in the United States.

Western New York's largest independent bookstore doubles as a historical repository of all things Niagara Falls.

This unique crypt designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for his longtime friend was not completed in either man's lifetime.

A monument honoring those who died in the Great Famine of Ireland.

A 19th-century architectural wonder designed by the "father of the skyscraper."

This restored house is like a time capsule of the president's unconventional inauguration.

An elaborate memorial to a man local legend says died of a broken heart.

The statue of the famous elephant who was the original source of the word "jumbo".

An antique cemetery in New York, this land is home to any number of famed corpses.

This perfectly preserved Chinese medicine shop was untouched for decades before being reopened as a museum.

The first Protestant church in Arizona and only Gothic Revival style adobe church in the world.

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

Hidden in the New Mexico desert southeast of Roswell, nine small deep lakes formed inside sinkholes.

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.