Places Sandi Hemmerlein Wants to Go

The disdain for this dysfunctional dam is reflected in a giant pair of scissors painted on the concrete face.

If the tunes of antique organs and musical marionettes don't intoxicate you, the draft beer certainly will.

An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage tiles.

One of the oldest active carousels in the country—but it might be missed by all but the keenest-eyed boardwalk strollers.

This building at the south end of the boardwalk was once home to the U.S. Life-Saving Service and the U.S. Coast Guard before being rescued itself.

Old neon signs from the City of Brotherly Love provide a snapshot of the city’s evolution.

Once part of a dam servicing an early 19th century grist mill, the tucked-way falls are a tricky-to-find urban oasis.

A unique museum where guests can rent and operate a locomotive.

Toxic waste disaster that founded the Superfund program.

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

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

A forsaken wonder in the middle of the East Side neighborhood.

The seat of Buffalo government is a gorgeous Art Deco palace.

This Buffalo museum hides an Art Deco gas station designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

Buffalo's abandoned concrete grain elevators are getting a second life.

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's greatest—and favorite—architectural masterpieces was almost lost.

One artist’s scheme to expand museum viewing hours into the evening led to the illumination of an entire city.

A tribute to the statues of Easter Island along Route 66.

Over thousands of years, this slot canyon was carved out of the bed of an ancient lake.

A 250 million-year-old rock formation has earned a rather unique nickname.

The juke joint where legendary soul artists ate, drank, and made merry.

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

This antique shop specializes in the history of print and design.