The site of William McKinley's tragic assassination is only marked by an underwhelming boulder.

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

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

An elaborate memorial to a man local legend says died of a broken heart.

This unique crypt designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for his longtime friend was not completed in either man's lifetime.

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

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

This Buffalo museum hides an Art Deco gas station designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

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

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

A monument to a Polish general who fought the American Revolution and became the "Father of the American Cavalry."

A monument honoring those who died in the Great Famine of Ireland.

This sprawling collection hides many charms.

This Canadian monument to the man who invented the telephone allows visitors to get up close and personal with the artifacts of his life.

On the waterfront of Sydney, Nova Scotia, a 60-ft. fiddle greets incoming ships.

A miner’s death at the hands of strikebreaking company police sparks a labor movement that continues to the present day.

This remote piece of Cape Breton coast was the unceremonious landing site of the first solo, east-west transatlantic flight made by a female aviator.

Site of the first official transatlantic wireless communications.

The tiny airport in remote Newfoundland that inspired a hit musical is also a modernist architectural gem.

The first transatlantic wireless signal was received at this 17th-century fort.

From this isolated strip of land in Newfoundland, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.

This huge ship ran aground and has simply been left to sit there ever since.

This oddly named town refuses to change its phallic moniker.

The world’s largest combined collection of U.S. and Russian aircraft got its start in a poultry building.