A sewing machine tycoon built this miniature castle for the people and to beautify a lakeshore.

The largest guitar store in the world has been visited by some of music's all-time greats passing through upstate New York.

"Call for the doctor, call for the nurse... Vote!! said the lady with the alligator purse."

A bronze ballot box stands at the spot where Susan B. Anthony voted illegally.

Rochester's signature culinary delicacy.

A collection of the best toys ever made inside a museum devoted to play.

Comprehensive gaming collection of over 30,000 electronic games and consoles.

This oversize piece of novelty cookware once cooked the largest pancake in the world.

One patriotic farmer's ode to the 9/11 tragedy remains even after the farm changed hands.

In the mid-19th century, an eight-sided house was the latest fad.

Curtiss is a forgotten figure in the early history of flight.

Annual Easter display made up of thousands of hand-painted eggs.

Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.

Ghost stories surrounded this “castle,” the only structure from a huge mansion that was never built.

Color-coded signs direct drivers on a network of routes designed to avoid Pittsburgh traffic.

A diorama of the Civil War, fought by cats.

A living maritime paradox still floats in the same lake where it was built and resurrected... or was it?

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

Pennsylvanian mass grave and possibly mass murder.

The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.

A daily replay of the experiment that proved the rotation of the Earth.

This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

This might just be the TARDIS of bookstores.