Places emerkel Wants to Go

Collection of antique science instruments displayed in recreated 1870-1930 laboratories.

Learn about the last river many crossed to find freedom from slavery in the United States.

Genesis of modern hydroelectric power.

Western New York's largest independent bookstore doubles as a historical repository of all things Niagara Falls.

Quite possibly the last cross all humans will ever see.

Toxic waste disaster that founded the Superfund program.

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

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

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.

A Byzantine-style concrete artwork pays tribute to a 17th-century saint.

In the recreated studio of a visionary artist, a stone that may be more than meets the eye.

A monument honoring those who died in the Great Famine of Ireland.

The only boathouse Frank Lloyd Wright ever designed was also the only unbuilt structure in his famous Wasmuth Portfolio, until 2007.

An unprepossessing stone marks the last resting place of one of the most accomplished Native Americans in history.

This former hub for crafty philosophers was founded by a writer who died aboard the infamous RMS Lusitania.

This vessel is believed to be the oldest operating fireboat in the world.

An elaborate memorial to a man local legend says died of a broken heart.

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

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

This two-room factory has been cranking out the musical signifier of zaniness for a century.

Take an underground boat ride through a former hydraulic raceway that was built in the late 19th century.

A monument to a Polish general who fought the American Revolution and became the "Father of the American Cavalry."

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

Home on the Hillside, and home of the first breakfast cereal.