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

Eclectic architecture in the woods of New York.

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

A reversed traffic signal that was once violently misinterpreted as a statement on British-Irish relations.

This lush forest valley was once mined for lumber to the extent that it was once nicknamed "The Pennsylvania Desert."

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

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

A quaint village in Western New York named after Alexander Hamilton's beloved sister-in-law.

What remains of the simple red brick chapel where the women's rights movement began.

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

This statue commemorates the meeting of the most influential minds of the women’s rights movement.

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

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

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.

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

This oversize piece of novelty cookware once cooked the largest pancake in the world.

"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.

Town full of spiritualists, some of whom are mediums, is still in full swing after 130 years.

A collection of unique outdoor sculptures surounded by the beauty of nature.

Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.

Contrary to what one might expect, ice forms inside this small cavern during the summer and melts during the winter.

A local prank turned town icon.

It would take 35 firetrucks to fill this enormous glacial pothole.