A swaggering, monumental souvenir of the most extravagant party Montreal’s ever thrown.

The biggest museum dedicated to insects in North America, one of the largest in the world.

The roofless ruins of a church surrounded by acres of bucolic farmland.

Three gardens with toilets and urinals filled with bright flowers started as a protest against zoning rules.

A castle built for love, and abandoned due to heartbreak.

This island castle contains enough secret passageways to support a season of Scooby-Doo episodes.

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

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

A forsaken wonder in the middle of the East Side neighborhood.

This sprawling collection of saintly relics includes such fascinations as wood from the Cross of Jesus and threads from Mary's veil.

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

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

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.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

This rustic old building is said to be the most photographed barn in America.

As the aging humans of this Japanese village die off one local artisan is replacing them with eerie homonculi.

A natural gas leak provides a flickering flame beneath a waterfall.

Originally a cemetery, this city park remains speckled with a handful of scattered gravestones.

An unassuming London park is actually a pilgrimage site for modern clowns.

A beautiful collection of architectural ornaments rescued from demolished New York City buildings.

A B.Y.O.B. Mexican cantina lives inside one of the last tortilla factories in Brooklyn.