A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.

Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.

This lovely university observatory continues to sit abandoned since its potential savior was sent to jail for fraud.

Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.

Mortarless walls that stretch for miles are a lovely solution for creating grazing land in the harsh terrain of the Aran Islands.

This whimsical fountain pays tribute to Toronto's four-legged friends.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

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

The library of every book lover's dreams.

This throwback amusement park is home to rides and unique storybook figures from the past.

A bar, burger joint, and arcade housed in a late 19th-century church building.

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

The home, museum, and death site of Kodak's influential founder.

This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.

Western New York's largest independent bookstore doubles as a historical repository of all things Niagara Falls.

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

Toxic waste disaster that founded the Superfund program.

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

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

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

This unique crypt designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for his longtime friend was not completed in either man's lifetime.

Ruins of a once-prized railroad station in New York.

A beautifully designed asylum was resurrected as a hotel and art center with a ghost story or two.

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