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

All that remains of one of the Civil War's more deadly POW camps is a simple flagstone.

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

This collection started by a Cornell professor once held more than 600 human brain specimens, including the one that belonged to its founder.

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

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

The little-known final resting place of one of America's greatest writers.

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

A memorial to the 1913 tragedy that helped protect the workers of the future.

This local landmark is home to art galleries and the area's only community darkroom.

The Binghamton area is home to six of the last remaining hand-carved vintage carousels.

A gazebo that inspired the fifth episode of the "Twilight Zone" still stands in the creator's hometown

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

This extraordinary Depression-era expenditure was modeled after a postcard of a Mediterranean hotel.

The first of Lancaster's "rural cemeteries."

This exhibit pays tribute to the “humble tinkerer” who invented the implantable pacemaker.

One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.

Quite possibly the last cross all humans will ever see.

This overlooked gem outside Niagara Falls preserves and celebrates Iroquois culture.

A tree full of wishes and footwear.

This small road tunnel is the only place where you can cross beneath the Erie Canal.

Genesis of modern hydroelectric power.

One of many reminders of Tesla's scientific contributions overlooks the falls which inspired him.