West Des Moines, Iowa
Huston Cemetery
A small burial plot formerly stranded in the middle of a road.
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West Des Moines, Iowa
A small burial plot formerly stranded in the middle of a road.
Toledo, Ohio
A 30-foot stack of piano keys memorializes one of the greatest keys players in jazz history.
Toledo, Ohio
This restaurant proudly displays bread signed by the 39th president.
Brocton, New York
The world's only statue dedicated to the greatest Great Dane in comic strip history.
Cassadaga, New York
Town full of spiritualists, some of whom are mediums, is still in full swing after 130 years.
Erie, Pennsylvania
A quirky collection of outsider art made from automobile parts.
Erie, Pennsylvania
A living maritime paradox still floats in the same lake where it was built and resurrected... or was it?
Buffalo, New York
An unprepossessing stone marks the last resting place of one of the most accomplished Native Americans in history.
Buffalo, New York
A 19th-century architectural wonder designed by the "father of the skyscraper."
Buffalo, New York
The seat of Buffalo government is a gorgeous Art Deco palace.
Buffalo, New York
This Buffalo museum hides an Art Deco gas station designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Buffalo, New York
An elaborate memorial to a man local legend says died of a broken heart.
Buffalo, New York
This unique crypt designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for his longtime friend was not completed in either man's lifetime.
Buffalo, New York
Buffalo's abandoned concrete grain elevators are getting a second life.
Buffalo, New York
The site of William McKinley's tragic assassination is only marked by an underwhelming boulder.
Buffalo, New York
Created by four famous men, the beautifully designed Buffalo State Asylum was resurrected as a hotel and art center, but still boasts a ghost story or two.
Buffalo, New York
A forsaken wonder in the middle of the East Side neighborhood.
Syracuse, New York
A reversed traffic signal that was once violently misinterpreted as a statement on British-Irish relations.
Troy, New York
A man used his Civil War-era fortune to build this sanctuary in memory of his wife.
Troy, New York
This historic church with a connection to "Uncle Sam" is now a fraternity house.
Albany, New York
This giant monument of the RCA mascot is a beloved fixture in Albany, New York.
Montpelier, Vermont
A lonely memorial to the Challenger Space Shuttle, honoring the astronauts who died in 1986.
Barre, Vermont
This large cemetery is known as the museum of granite sculptures.
Waterbury, Vermont
The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.