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This mysterious marker puzzles pedestrians and infuriates geographers.

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

Haunted Victorian house that inspired a legendary "Ghostbusters" court ruling.

A remnant from the golden age of aviation still in use today, Pan Am's Clipper service took off from this Art Deco gem.

A preserved factory in the "Home of the Carrousel" is now a museum dedicated to the classic wooden ride.

The great American road trip, but smaller.

At this hidden studio, the dying art of taxidermy is alive and well.

Hidden inside one of the world's most well-visited zoos is a secret plaque promising eternal life.

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

Brooklyn's most iconic restaurant, resurrected.

This small New York museum celebrates the mountainous artwork of a Russian mystic.

A formerly abandoned mental institute, now back in business.

This throwback amusement park is home to rides and unique storybook figures from the past.

A sewing machine tycoon built this miniature castle for the people and to beautify a lakeshore.

This small Catskills village has six independent bookstores and more bookshops than restaurants.

Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.

A millionaire's abandoned swimming pool from the gilded age of one of America's most distinguished families.

The floor-to-ceiling collection in an old factory is a unique alternative to stuffy galleries.

The home, museum, and death site of Kodak's influential founder.

A decommissioned military complex that's now a modern industrial park.

An isolated beacon with a history of grisly murder and a view of some of literature's greatest inspirations.

A New York warehouse filled with an enormous amount of goods saved from the landfills and donated for creative use.

The attic and basement house two museums stuffed with oddities like swallowed spoon handles and a shrunken head.

A tree that grows parallel to the ground was declared Brooklyn's "crowning curio" by the poet who saved it.