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

The press that first printed the Book of Mormon.

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

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

The birthplace of America's favorite fruit-flavored mystery dessert.

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

A giant steel sculpture with animals in its shadows.

Explore the evolution of printing technology, from cuneiform to Kindle.

A Seussian sculpture made of brass instruments.

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

It's not a typo, now say it five times fast!

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

This Art Deco fortress in upstate New York gives Manhattan's vaunted examples of the style a run for their money.

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.

The library of every book lover's dreams.

"Dark Sky Park" is heaven on Earth for astronomers, one of the rare U.S. locations with no artificial light pollution.

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

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

The wooden octagon in which Huckleberry Finn and A Connecticut Yankee were born can still be visited in upstate New York.

Toxic waste disaster that founded the Superfund program.

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

A beautifully designed asylum was resurrected as a hotel and art center with a ghost story or two.

This massive melon is a recreation of a similar gate from the Pan-American Expo.