This vessel is believed to be the oldest operating fireboat in the world.

This former hub for crafty philosophers was founded by a writer who died aboard the infamous RMS Lusitania.

This restored house is like a time capsule of the president's unconventional inauguration.

This Frank Lloyd Wright summer house was designed along Lake Erie as a retreat for a client's wife.

Its original statue was deemed so ugly, locals called it “Scary Lucy.”

The largest guitar store in the world has been visited by some of music's all-time greats passing through upstate New York.

Intact 125-year-old carpentry shop and Victorian house, along with cobblestone architecture structures.

This small road tunnel is the only place where you can cross beneath the Erie Canal.

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

Lyon's miniature version of the Eiffel Tower was built as a statement in support of French secularism.

Lyon, France is home to two remarkably preserved Roman theaters, one dating back to 15 BCE.

Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon.

Lyon's "Wall of the Silk Weavers" is one of the largest murals in Europe.

The little-known second castle that William the Conqueror built in York.

One of the shortest streets in York has an especially odd name.

A century-old tradition has culminated in a small but singular collection of feline effigies.

A rare set of strings by famed instrument maker Antonio Stradivarius is on display in the Royal Palace.

The world's largest wooden structure.

The final resting place of the great navigator, or maybe his brother.

Town full of spiritualists, some of whom are mediums, is still in full swing after 130 years.

This two-room factory has been cranking out the musical signifier of zaniness for a century.

Toxic waste disaster that founded the Superfund program.

A preserved factory in the "Home of the Carrousel" is now a museum dedicated to the classic wooden ride.

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