Places shbtlr Wants to Go

This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.

Niagara Falls holds a special place in Nikola Tesla's history, so they put a statue on it.

One of many reminders of Tesla's scientific contributions overlooks the falls which inspired him.

Genesis of modern hydroelectric power.

Toxic waste disaster that founded the Superfund program.

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

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's greatest—and favorite—architectural masterpieces was almost lost.

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

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.

The seat of Buffalo government is a gorgeous Art Deco palace.

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

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

This unique crypt designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for his longtime friend was not completed in either man's lifetime.

Ruins of a once-prized railroad station in New York.

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

This sprawling collection of saintly relics includes such fascinations as wood from the Cross of Jesus and threads from Mary's veil.

This Frank Lloyd Wright summer house was designed along Lake Erie as a retreat for a client's wife.

Buffalo's abandoned concrete grain elevators are getting a second life.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.