A 13,000-year-old mastodon skeleton was found during the construction of a 19th-century New York mill.

A CT scan revealed the identity of this 3,000-year-old mummy that everyone erroneously thought was female.

A beautiful multicolored mound formed by the mineral deposits of the Orenda Spring.

An old abandoned mining town in The Adirondacks where Theodore Roosevelt first learned of the shooting of President William McKinley.

Golden plates containing what would become the Book of Mormon were believed to be buried on this New York hillside.

Fossilized sea bottom and lime quarry.

The tiny church offers succor to travelers driving by, but only eight at a time.

These expertly crafted, scientifically accurate glass sea creatures were once an international phenomenon.

Pluto is still considered a planet in Ithaca, New York.

This giant monument of the RCA mascot is a beloved fixture in Albany, New York.

The first American home of the isolated, egalitarian religion has a trove of Shaker architecture and artifacts.

Resonating tubes make music from highway overpass.

Once a strategically imperative naval base, portions of this Bermuda dock complex now serve cruise ships.

The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.

An enormous cat made of recycled wood scraps.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

This bridge provides safe passage for squirrels.

The original Uncle Sam was actually a New York meatpacker who is buried under this historic grave.

A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.

This Art Deco fortress in upstate New York gives Manhattan's vaunted examples of the style a run for their money.