A living maritime paradox still floats in the same lake where it was built and resurrected... or was it?

More than 350 million years ago, western New York was covered in a vast sea. Today, you can dig up the remains of the plants and animals that lived there.

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

A model of a dinosaur that was named for Andrew Carnegie stands outside the museum that also bears his name.

These disused steel furnaces are now haunting ruins that may one day be a national park.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

The vaguely man-shaped root that ate the body of the founder of Rhode Island.

This 1,700-pound edible sculpture is way better than your average chocolate mousse.

This industrial area was the dumping ground for massive amounts of trash, some of which washes up as tiny bits of sea glass.

This blowhole is supposedly caused by a trapped monster.

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

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

Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.

A collection of unique outdoor sculptures surounded by the beauty of nature.

This manor in the woods memorializes one of the greatest birders of a generation.

This institution pays tribute to an associate justice who protected civil rights and prosecuted Nazis.

The first and only American institution dedicated to the enduring value of comedy in the United States.