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

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

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

Home on the Hillside, and home of the first breakfast cereal.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Reforestation in action is the main attraction in this abandoned quarry.

The lost town of Neversink, sunk by New York City.

This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.

The bones of two medieval royal lions were discovered at the historic fortress.

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

Graffiti from the 16th and 17th centuries cover the walls of this part of the Tower of London.

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.

These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.

The final resting place of President Chester A. Arthur and hundreds of others from Revolutionary War soldiers to poets, politicians, and painters.

The first American home of the isolated, egalitarian religion has a trove of Shaker architecture and artifacts.

This park is home to a massive bird sanctuary.