The once abandoned ruins of a Victorian beachside amusement park are now back in working order.

An abandoned Depression-era zoo hidden just off the highway.

A famed data visualizer's personal sculpture garden is a landscape of modern and megalithic wonders.

With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.

The ruins of an abandoned 18th-century town that is slowly being reclaimed by the forest.

An iconic steel and chrome diner from the 1940s left empty for nearly 20 years is in danger of being demolished.

Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.

Ruins of a historic medical facility sits eerily by the water.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

An archival collection of over 2,200 case studies which includes human brain specimens and tumor specimens.

A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

The intriguing personal collection of a professional demon-chaser.

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

A historic recreation of the golden age of the Erie Canal, abandoned for some time, slowly being restored.

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

Toxic waste disaster that founded the Superfund program.

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

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

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

Discovered by cows, these upstate New York show caves are presented with a healthy dose of psychedelic folk art.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

This landmark jazz venue is the oldest continuously running African-American club in the United States.

Buffalo's abandoned concrete grain elevators are getting a second life.