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

This vessel is believed to be the oldest operating fireboat in the world.

This former hub for crafty philosophers was founded by a writer who died aboard the infamous RMS Lusitania.

This restored house is like a time capsule of the president's unconventional inauguration.

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

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

This Buffalo museum hides an Art Deco gas station designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

Ruins of a once-prized railroad station in New York.

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

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

This unique crypt designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for his longtime friend was not completed in either man's lifetime.

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

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

A forsaken wonder in the middle of the East Side neighborhood.

This fine-dining restaurant features native New Zealand ingredients and Māori cooking.

The ruins of the "20-year town" lay out among the mountains of Alberta.

A cave interior in the shape of the ancient rhinoceros, created by lava cooling around its carcass.

A six-person chapel in the middle of Alberta's badlands.

Site of the greatest known waterfall that ever existed.

Not for the faint of heart, this long pedestrian bridge rewards those who brave the wobbly walk with a beautiful view.

During its heyday, 72 one-ton buckets from this dredge bore into the Powder River excavating vast gold deposits.

The only Native American museum along the Oregon Trail, run by the peoples who have lived on the land for generations.

A haunted hot springs hotel that went from healing retreat to asylum before it was restored.

An obscure waterfall that looks like something out of a fantasy novel.