Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."

This memorial in the Adirondack wilderness honors the accidental death of a Scottish entrepreneur.

Teddy Roosevelt’s famous “midnight ride to the presidency" started at this small lake high up in the Adirondacks.

The summit Roosevelt conquered before he descended to become The Chief.

A hamlet full of permanent Christmas spirit holds one of the earliest theme parks in the United States.

This sandstone gorge in New York State's Adirondack Mountains is home to waterfalls, flumes, and more.

Called the “General Motors of the piano industry,” these buildings once produced as many as 700 pianos a week.

An unassuming nature trail winds through dozens of tiny houses built for the wee people.

Eclectic architecture in the woods of New York.

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

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

Rochester's signature culinary delicacy.

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

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

A once-glowing grotto at the bottom of Waikapalae Wet Cave.

This narrow coastline trail through the dense Kauai wilderness is among the most beautiful and dangerous in the world.

Colonial architecture meets urban art in this sprawling open-air gallery.

This beloved, centuries-old tree stands at the center of a small park dotted with archaeological artifacts.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

Soaring over the Niagara Whirlpool since 1916.

This rocky spread has been squeezed up directly from the bowels of the earth.

A surviving remnant of the thick ice mass that once mantled most of Western Canada's mountains.