Orlando, Florida
Harry P. Leu Gardens
A vast array of tropical plants collected by a vacationing couple.
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Orlando, Florida
A vast array of tropical plants collected by a vacationing couple.
Niagara Falls, Ontario
This 1836 church, constructed by formerly enslaved people, honors a leader in Afrocentric music.
Buffalo, New York
One of Frank Lloyd Wright's greatest—and favorite—architectural masterpieces was almost lost.
Buffalo, New York
A forsaken wonder in the middle of the East Side neighborhood.
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
An unprepossessing stone marks the last resting place of one of the most accomplished Native Americans in history.
Buffalo, New York
The absurd creation is a compulsory destination for selfies in Buffalo.
Mt. Jewett, Pennsylvania
Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.
Perrysburg, New York
An abandoned tuberculosis hospital moulders on into an uncertain future.
Salamanca, New York
This museum pays tribute to the largest group in the Iroquois Confederacy.
Euclid, Ohio
This abandoned bridge to nowhere stands secluded in the woods of a Cleveland suburb.
Nottingham, England
The Birthplace of the Englishman who founded the A.C. Milan football club.
Nottingham, England
A curious urban windmill once owned by a renowned British mathematical physicist.
Nottingham, England
These 90-year-old murals of local kings, Vikings, and outlaws hide in plain sight in a beautifully baroque shopping arcade.
Nottingham, England
A 15th-century former coaching inn forms the implausibly grand entrance to a 1980s shopping mall.
Nottingham, England
The English Civil War began right here in 1642.
Mansfield, England
This lonely memorial marks the supposedly haunted site of a brutal 19th-century murder.
Nottingham, England
When it came to designing his own small office building, the eccentric architect wasn't afraid to show the world what he could do.
Nottingham, England
Hidden in a grotto 26 feet below Nottingham's oldest hotel, this stylish subterranean drinking den is notoriously hard to find.
Milford, New Hampshire
A New Hampshire grave with a grudge.
Amherst, New Hampshire
A 12,000-year-old bog boasting rare plants and fauna.
Milford, New Hampshire
The ghost town that was one of New Hampshire's first settlements now exists as a park detailing its history.
East Aurora, New York
This former hub for crafty philosophers was founded by a writer who died aboard the infamous RMS Lusitania.
Boyers, Pennsylvania
The aggressively banal name of this underground fortress of bureaucracy does little to evoke its truly surreal existence.