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

This vessel is believed to be the oldest operating fireboat in the world.

The absurd creation is a compulsory destination for selfies in Buffalo.

This Buffalo museum hides an Art Deco gas station designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

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

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

Created by four famous men (Henry Hobson Richardson, Frederick Law Olmsted, Calvert Vaux and Thomas Story Kirkbride), the beautifully designed Buffalo State Asylum was resurrected as a hotel and art center...but still boasts a ghost story or two!

The site of William McKinley's tragic assassination is only marked by an underwhelming boulder.

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

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

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

Quite possibly the last cross all humans will ever see.

This overlooked gem outside Niagara Falls preserves and celebrates Iroquois culture.

An old dining hall now serves up ghost stories for lusty locals.

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

Explore the evolution of printing technology, from cuneiform to Kindle.

World's largest herd of white deer populate a former U.S. Army depot.

This abandoned Victorian-style house was built in 1884.

The isolated final resting place for perished coal miners.

This abandoned school has had many lives since the early 1900s, and all of them doomed.

Two insane asylum bodies embalmed by an amateur.

Home of a 28-foot tall stalagmite known as the War Club.

An abandoned 1920s school with a mysterious history.

The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.