Surprisingly aquamarine waters fill deep lakes formed at the end of the last ice age.

This massive melon is a recreation of a similar gate from the Pan-American Expo.

This small road tunnel is the only place where you can cross beneath the Erie Canal.

Toxic waste disaster that founded the Superfund program.

This overlooked gem outside Niagara Falls preserves and celebrates Iroquois culture.

Ruins of a once-prized railroad station in New York.

Town full of spiritualists, some of whom are mediums, is still in full swing after 130 years.

Its original statue was deemed so ugly, locals called it “Scary Lucy.”

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

A school-themed restaurant where gastronomy is the core curriculum.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

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.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

This lovely university observatory continues to sit abandoned since its potential savior was sent to jail for fraud.

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."