Marie told fortunes from her small stand on the Boardwalk for decades, including to a young Bruce Springsteen who would busk outside her booth.

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

This Buffalo museum hides an Art Deco gas station designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

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."

The seat of Buffalo government is a gorgeous Art Deco palace.

Learn about the last river many crossed to find freedom from slavery in the United States.

Toxic waste disaster that founded the Superfund program.

A preserved factory in the "Home of the Carrousel" is now a museum dedicated to the classic wooden ride.

"Call for the doctor, call for the nurse... Vote!! said the lady with the alligator purse."

This small road tunnel is the only place where you can cross beneath the Erie Canal.

A bronze ballot box stands at the spot where Susan B. Anthony voted illegally.

Rochester's signature culinary delicacy.

The remains of a failed subway in upstate New York is now an underground graffiti bunker.

A collection of the best toys ever made, The National Toy Hall of Fame is filled with kids, fun, and for some reason, a bird preserve.

Comprehensive gaming collection of over 30,000 electronic games and consoles.

This New York estate was designed to resemble a medieval Scottish castle.

Where the Millerites gathered to watch the end of the world in 1844—and left disappointed.

A reversed traffic signal that was once violently misinterpreted as a statement on British-Irish relations.

This monument pays tribute to the city’s contribution to basketball history.

This Art Deco fortress in upstate New York gives Manhattan's vaunted examples of the style a run for their money.

A Frankenstein blend of science and art allows one tree to produce 40 different types of stone fruit.

The shared home of a utopian commune that practiced "free love" a century before the hippies.

Possibly the smallest church in the world floats in the middle of a pond.