A fictional town that was briefly brought to life before fading once again out of existence.

It would take 35 firetrucks to fill this enormous glacial pothole.

A sewing machine tycoon built this miniature castle for the people and to beautify a lakeshore.

This roadside dinosaur park offered up lumpy neon thunder lizards in the name of kitsch and education.

A historic recreation of the golden age of the Erie Canal, abandoned for some time, slowly being restored.

Possibly the smallest church in the world floats in the middle of a pond.

A reversed traffic signal that was once violently misinterpreted as a statement on British-Irish relations.

The quarry was abandoned over 100 years ago, after a massive ammunition explosion ended in tragedy.

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

Surprisingly aquamarine waters fill deep lakes formed at the end of the last ice age.

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

A planned settlement in Pennsylvania once housed the aristocratic refugees of the French Revolution.

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

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

This peaceful gem in upstate New York was chosen as the future home of the 14th Dalai Lama's Library and Museum.

These expertly crafted, scientifically accurate glass sea creatures were once an international phenomenon.

The library of every book lover's dreams.

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

At this small shop off a dirt road in the forest, the specialty is eel the owner caught and smoked himself.

See wolves, coyotes, and arctic foxes in a natural environment smack in the middle of New York State.

A collection of artifacts from two worldwide industries that called Endicott, NY home.

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

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

A Hawaiian stairway to heaven—that you can't climb.