An oasis of calm amid the chaos of the boardwalk, the museum traces the heritage of this beloved beachside amusement park.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

A rusted blade sticks out from the trunk of this tree, left as a memorial to a young man who left to fight in the Civil War but never returned home.

A near tragic event on this bridge helped inspire the classic film "It's a Wonderful Life."

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

The little-known final resting place of one of America's greatest writers.

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

In upstate New York, gorgeous waterfalls and a watermill are slowly being reclaimed by nature.

This exhibit allows visitors to wander through the interior of a replica Ice Age glacial cave.

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

A six-story treehouse offers spectacular views of New York's Finger Lakes region.

The library of every book lover's dreams.