More than 350 million years ago, western New York was covered in a vast sea. Today, you can dig up the remains of the plants and animals that lived there.

Visit a sweet shop selling one of the first candies ever made and sold in America.

This electronics repair store celebrates the history of computers.

Generations of rockhounds got their start at this beloved, historic mine.

Industrial ruin decimated this tiny New England company town in a fashion no one saw coming… and even fewer remember today.

Wood carving meets bird conservation at this museum showcasing the life's work of one man.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

Connecticut's shot tower is near the end of its life.

An abandoned Depression-era zoo hidden just off the highway.

The ancient past meets the retro-future at these dinosaur tracks that are protected by a geodesic dome.

Painstakingly built dioramas sit unnoticed in a Boston office building.

An old trolley bridge was converted into a breathtaking garden bursting with colorful flowers.

Beautiful steampunk ghosts of early Massachusetts.

The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.

Over fifty whirling pools left by the glacial age.

Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.

Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!

"World's largest scrap metal sculpture" stands in an outdoor sculpture garden in the middle of Wisconsin.

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

The first ever diner included on the National Register of Historic Places is famous for its custard French toast.