Smyrna, New York
Wolf Mountain Nature Center
See wolves, coyotes, and arctic foxes in a natural environment smack in the middle of New York State.
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Smyrna, New York
See wolves, coyotes, and arctic foxes in a natural environment smack in the middle of New York State.
Pittsford, New York
Eclectic architecture in the woods of New York.
Sodus, New York
A deteriorating 1990s Girl Scout camp in a beautiful lush park on Lake Ontario.
Buffalo, New York
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.
Akron, New York
A masked wrestling legend has opened the first U.S. course devoted to a meditative Japanese golf variant.
Albion, New York
Intact 125-year-old carpentry shop and Victorian house, along with cobblestone architecture structures.
Derby, New York
This Frank Lloyd Wright summer house was designed along Lake Erie as a retreat for a client's wife.
Jamestown, New York
This manor in the woods memorializes one of the greatest birders of a generation.
Dansville, New York
Home on the Hillside, and home of the first breakfast cereal.
Niagara Falls, New York
Toxic waste disaster that founded the Superfund program.
Blasdell, New York
More than 350 million years ago, western New York was covered in a vast sea. Today, you can dig up the remains of the plants and animals that lived there.
Cassadaga, New York
Town full of spiritualists, some of whom are mediums, is still in full swing after 130 years.
Jamestown, New York
The first and only American institution dedicated to the enduring value of comedy in the United States.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Color-coded signs direct drivers on a network of routes designed to avoid Pittsburgh traffic.
Hokendauqua, Pennsylvania
One of the first commercially successful anthracite-powered iron-making operations in North America.
Shartlesville, Pennsylvania
An indoor miniature village and labor of love for Laurence Geiringer, a model railroad enthusiast.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
This recreation of a 19th-century dime museum is full of oddities.
Upper Darby, Pennsylvania
Arlington Cemetery exhibit dedicated to death and grieving.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This Philly landmark has a giant butterfly pavilion, three floors of insect displays, and withstood a $40,000 heist.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Century-old shop, specializing in Occult products.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This permanent exhibition celebrates the finest of our heartless automatons both real and fictional.
Hellam, Pennsylvania
Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.
Butler, Pennsylvania
The only museum in the Western Pennsylvania region that focuses on Asian art and Meissen porcelain.
Schnecksville, Pennsylvania
An American industrialist hoped this nature preserve could help save the North American bison.