Toxic waste disaster that founded the Superfund program.

A natural gas leak provides a flickering flame beneath a waterfall.

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

The largest guitar store in the world has been visited by some of music's all-time greats passing through upstate New York.

A collection of the best toys ever made, The National Toy Hall of Fame is filled with kids, fun, and for some reason, a bird preserve.

The Fox Sisters, America's leading mediums in the mid-19th century, possessed a table they claimed helped them "communicate" with the dead.

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

Comprehensive gaming collection of over 30,000 electronic games and consoles.

Rochester's signature culinary delicacy.

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

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

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

A giant steel sculpture with animals in its shadows.

Alexander Milliner, a favorite of General Washington, is interred at Mt. Hope Cemetery along with 80 other Revolutionary War veterans.

One of the largest festivals of flowers in North America takes place, appropriately, in the Flower City.

A Seussian sculpture made of brass instruments.

The home, museum, and death site of Kodak's influential founder.

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

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.

In upstate New York, gorgeous waterfalls and a watermill are slowly being reclaimed by nature.

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

These expertly crafted, scientifically accurate glass sea creatures were once an international phenomenon.

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