An old abandoned mining town in The Adirondacks where Theodore Roosevelt first learned of the shooting of President William McKinley.

This memorial in the Adirondack wilderness honors the accidental death of a Scottish entrepreneur.

It wouldn't be long after purchasing this farm, Brown would lead his siege on Harper's Ferry.

See wolves, coyotes, and arctic foxes in a natural environment smack in the middle of New York State.

Surprisingly aquamarine waters fill deep lakes formed at the end of the last ice age.

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.

A Frankenstein blend of science and art allows one tree to produce 40 different types of stone fruit.

In DeWitt, New York, a blanket-wrapped gas station makes a creative statement on global dependence on oil.

Abandoned rock quarry now a haven for mountain bikers and hikers.

The quarry was abandoned over 100 years ago, after a massive ammunition explosion ended in tragedy.

A journey through military artifacts and the history of Cortland.

The library of every book lover's dreams.

This collection started by a Cornell professor once held more than 600 human brain specimens, including the one that belonged to its founder.

Pluto is still considered a planet in Ithaca, New York.

This art center is way beyond your average pumpkin-carving operation.

This peaceful gem in upstate New York was chosen as the future home of the 14th Dalai Lama's Library and Museum.

A six-story treehouse offers spectacular views of New York's Finger Lakes region.

An abandoned asylum where patients have been forgotten but their possessions remain.

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

Launch vegetables using oversized slingshots at this Fingerlakes winery's roadside attraction.

Curtiss is a forgotten figure in the early history of flight.

In the mid-19th century, an eight-sided house was the latest fad.

A deteriorating 1990s Girl Scout camp in a beautiful lush park on Lake Ontario.