Minneapolis, Minnesota
Twelve Vultures
Come for the giant taxidermy lion, stay for the knick knacks at this Minneapolis curiosity shop.
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Minneapolis, Minnesota
Prince’s Star at First Avenue
After the musical legend's death, his memorial was mysteriously graffitied in gold.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Owamni
The dishes at this restaurant by The Sioux Chef celebrate indigenous heritage.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mill City Museum and site of "The Great Mill Disaster"
When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Wabasha Street Caves
These curious caverns have been home to mushrooms, gangsters, and disco.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Washburn Park Water Tower
Eight "Guardians of Health" protect this art deco water tower from pollutants and bacteria.
Falcon Heights, Minnesota
Bell Museum
This taxidermic smorgasbord was co-created by an artist poached from the Museum of Natural History.
Saranac Lake, New York
Saranac Laboratory Museum
A former infectious disease laboratory chronicles how tuberculosis shaped a village nestled in the Adirondacks.
Saranac Lake, New York
Saranac Lake 'Cure Cottages'
Dozens of houses in the Adirondack Mountains are reminders of a literal "cottage industry" to cure people of a deadly disease.
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Schroon Lake, New York
Frontier Town
This former theme park in New York's Adirondack Mountains fell into ruin before being resurrected as a state-run campground
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Franklin, Québec
Dorea Institute
This abandoned orphanage-turned-asylum witnessed a terrible chapter in Québec's history.
Chippewa Bay, New York
Singer Castle
This island castle contains enough secret passageways to support a season of Scooby-Doo episodes.
Alexandria Bay, New York
Boldt Castle
A castle built for love, and abandoned due to heartbreak.
Syracuse, New York
Niagara Mohawk Building
This Art Deco fortress in upstate New York gives Manhattan's vaunted examples of the style a run for their money.
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Dansville, New York
Jackson Sanatorium
Home on the Hillside, and home of the first breakfast cereal.
Ithaca, New York
Six Mile Creek
In upstate New York, gorgeous waterfalls and a watermill are slowly being reclaimed by nature.
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Ovid, New York
Willard Asylum for the Chronic Insane
An abandoned asylum where patients have been forgotten but their possessions remain.
Romulus, New York
Seneca White Deer
World's largest herd of white deer populate a former U.S. Army depot.
Auburn, New York
Finger Lakes Drive-In
Opened in 1947, this is the oldest continuously-operating drive-in theater in New York.
Rochester, New York
The George Eastman Museum
The home, museum, and death site of Kodak's influential founder.
Rochester, New York
The Table That Could Talk To The Dead
The Fox Sisters, America's leading mediums in the mid-19th century, possessed a table they claimed helped them "communicate" with the dead.
Rochester, New York
Hutchison Hall Specimen Collection
Antique skeletons and taxidermy creatures were found crammed in a university closet.
Buffalo, New York
Richardson Olmsted Complex
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
Abandoned Wonder Bread Factory
A forsaken wonder in the middle of the East Side neighborhood.
