A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.

A local prank turned town icon.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

This lush forest valley was once mined for lumber to the extent that it was once nicknamed "The Pennsylvania Desert."

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A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

A half-size replica of the World Trade Center towers above Tulsa.

A museum packed with instruments, lyrics, and other mementos of the American folk icon.

Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

A near tragic event on this bridge helped inspire the classic film "It's a Wonderful Life."

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

The dairy farm in upstate New York where nearly half a million people gathered for three days of peace and music in 1969.

A reversed traffic signal that was once violently misinterpreted as a statement on British-Irish relations.

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

One of the largest festivals of flowers in North America takes place, appropriately, in the Flower City.

The largest guitar store in the world has been visited by some of music's all-time greats passing through upstate New York.

Rochester's signature culinary delicacy.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.