This overlooked gem outside Niagara Falls preserves and celebrates Iroquois culture.

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

This collection honors the iconic, and proudly American lighter that just won't quit.

A tree full of wishes and footwear.

This mill on Lake Erie appears to shrink as a viewer approaches thanks to an optical illusion.

Take an underground boat ride through a former hydraulic raceway that was built in the late 19th century.

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

Niagara Falls holds a special place in Nikola Tesla's history, so they put a statue on it.

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

These markers are used to determine the ground stability of the Strip.

The bullet-riddled wall from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, bloodstains enhanced for your viewing pleasure.

Museum dedicated to the terror regimes of Hungary.

Life and death are on parade at the most reliably perilous site of “the Great Migration.”

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

This popular tourist cave was ignored for almost 200 years before being mined into an attraction.

Final resting place of the most prolific Fijian cannibal of all time.

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.

An odd little fishing town that is inundated by tourists looking to be locked up in a cage and surrounded by great white sharks, because why not?

Haven for Cape Fur Seals, until the Ring of Death of jumping Great White Sharks arrives.

This African beach is home to thousands of rare mainland penguins that are known for their annoying voice.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.