Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

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

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

Museum dedicated to the struggles of the disabled.

This seemingly cursed monument is dedicated to one of Canada's great war heroes.

The site where Poe "in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance" likely died.

A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

The 320-year-old tree that greeted General Lafayette and rerouted an interstate highway.

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

The third version of this tall sailing ship sits, rusted and burnt, in Lake Ontario.

This mill on Lake Erie appears to shrink as a viewer approaches thanks to an optical illusion.

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

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

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

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

Niagara Falls holds a special place in Nikola Tesla's history, so they put a statue on it.

This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

A lion given to the prime minister somehow got stuffed and sent to Florida.

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

Must form and function forever remain at odds? Not if the Florida Department of Transportation has its way.