A diminutive plaque recalls the treetop sniper who almost killed Abe Lincoln.

In the mid-19th century, an eight-sided house was the latest fad.

All that remains of one of the Civil War's more deadly POW camps is a simple flagstone.

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

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

Curtiss is a forgotten figure in the early history of flight.

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

The library of every book lover's dreams.

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

World's largest herd of white deer populate a former U.S. Army depot.

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

One patriotic farmer's ode to the 9/11 tragedy remains even after the farm changed hands.

This oversize piece of novelty cookware once cooked the largest pancake in the world.

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

An abandoned asylum where patients have been forgotten but their possessions remain.