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Buffalo, New York

Guaranty Building

A 19th-century architectural wonder designed by the "father of the skyscraper."
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Rochester, New York

Garbage Plates at Nick Tahou Hots

Rochester's signature culinary delicacy.
AaronNetsky Added by AaronNetsky
Rochester, New York

Threshold

A giant steel sculpture with animals in its shadows.
AaronNetsky Added by AaronNetsky
Rochester, New York

Rochester Abandoned Subway

The remains of a failed subway in upstate New York is now an underground graffiti bunker.
Added by LaserGirl
Rochester, New York

ARTISANworks

The floor-to-ceiling collection in an old factory is a unique alternative to stuffy galleries.
Michael Inscoe Added by Michael Inscoe
Pittsford, New York

Mushroom House of Rochester

Eclectic architecture in the woods of New York.
Added by Beth
Palmyra, New York

The Sacred Grove

A field in which God and his son Jesus purportedly appeared to a young farm boy named Joseph Smith.
Palmyra, New York

Hill Cumorah

Golden plates containing what would become the Book of Mormon were believed to be buried on this New York hillside.
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Jamesville, New York

Skytop Quarry

Abandoned rock quarry now a haven for mountain bikers and hikers.
DuckMuscle Added by DuckMuscle
Rome, New York

Alley Oop Soldier

A 10-foot-tall concrete Alley Oop statue left over from World War II now stands on the side of the road.
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Oneida, New York

Cross Island Chapel

Possibly the smallest church in the world floats in the middle of a pond.
Syracuse, New York

World Reclamation Art Project

In DeWitt, New York, a blanket-wrapped gas station makes a creative statement on global dependence on oil.
Added by Jacque
Quincy, Massachusetts

Spectacle Island Sea Glass Beaches

Trash escaped from a landfill to fill beaches with all kinds of treasure.
kastoory Added by kastoory
Dennis, Massachusetts

Scargo Tower

This lakeside tower is the third attempt at getting a tourist destination to stick on the spot.
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Sterling, Massachusetts

Mary Had a Little Lamb Statue

This wooly sculpture supposedly marks the birthplace of a famous nursery rhyme, or not.
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Boston, Massachusetts

Lover’s Rock of Lovells Island

A disastrous shipwreck and a tragic love story.
kastoory Added by kastoory
Dennis, Massachusetts

Cape Cinema

The ceiling of this vintage movie palace is covered in fantastic Art Deco murals.
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Lynn, Massachusetts

High Rock Tower

At the supposed instruction of Ben Franklin and Socrates, a Spiritualist believer intended to birth a mechanical messiah here.
JaRz INSANATORIUM Adventures Added by JaRz INSANATORIUM Adventures
Worcester, Massachusetts

Burnside Fountain - Turtle Boy

The Burnside Fountain and its questionable interpretation.
Nichali Ciaccio Added by Nichali Ciaccio
Hull, Massachusetts

Boston Lighthouse

A lighthouse on a diminutive island was one of the first of its kind to guide seamen home.
kastoory Added by kastoory
Greenfield, Massachusetts

Eunice Williams Covered Bridge

Locals say Williams' ghost still haunts the place where she was murdered.
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Eastham, Massachusetts

Billingsgate Island

The Atlantis of Cape Cod reemerges during the lowest of tides.
Added by robriordan8
Clinton, Massachusetts

Clinton Tunnel

This railroad tunnel was once the longest in Massachusetts.
Ophelia Ravenia Added by Ophelia Ravenia
Hull, Massachusetts

Georges Island

Civil War Fort on an island in the Boston Harbor.
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