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.

A natural gas leak provides a flickering flame beneath a waterfall.

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

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

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

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

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

This sprawling collection of saintly relics includes such fascinations as wood from the Cross of Jesus and threads from Mary's veil.

Eclectic architecture in the woods of New York.

A Frankenstein blend of science and art allows one tree to produce 40 different types of stone fruit.

This Art Deco fortress in upstate New York gives Manhattan's vaunted examples of the style a run for their money.

A large stone map of Arkansas awaits visitors to its highest point.

One believer transformed a local curiosity into proof of Vikings on the Great Plains.

Claims to be the "World's Highest Hill."

An outsider art studio that created a piece of work so popular they had to turn mainstream.

Where hills of dirt conceal the burial ground of one of the most powerful ancient Native American societies.

Where Elvis Presley received his first Army buzz cut.

A peaceful place in the woods where everything is a work in progress.

Bronze statue marks the spinach capital of the world.

When this test site was abandoned, they didn't even bother to take the rocket with them.

This isolated airport in the middle of the Everglades sees more alligators than planes.