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

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

"Call for the doctor, call for the nurse... Vote!! said the lady with the alligator purse."

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

A giant steel sculpture with animals in its shadows.

The remains of a failed subway in upstate New York is now an underground graffiti bunker.

A bronze ballot box stands at the spot where Susan B. Anthony voted illegally.

A room hidden behind a swinging shelf in the children's section.

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

An antique cemetery in New York, this land is home to any number of famed corpses.

Antique skeletons and taxidermy creatures were found crammed in a university closet.

Eclectic architecture in the woods of New York.

Home on the Hillside, and home of the first breakfast cereal.

This small road tunnel is the only place where you can cross beneath the Erie Canal.

The "last holdout of the Confederacy” actually sat at the edge of the Canadian border.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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