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

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.

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

Toxic waste disaster that founded the Superfund program.

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.

The site of a 19th century "dream city" that almost rivaled Chicago before being swallowed by the Indiana sand dunes.

A life-sized recreation of the megafauna that once roamed this region is a feature at the birthplace of American paleontology.

A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.

Faces carved into the cliffs create an otherworldly walking trail.

A collection of Witchcraft artifacts and occult paraphernalia started by the leader of the Long Island Coven.

Indiana's greatest rare bookstore has a special shelf for Hoosier authors.

A small rural town hides Indiana's tallest waterfall.

Marine fossils from the Devonian period are exposed at this park.

The walls of the statehouse tell the story of Ohio’s prehistoric past.

The ruins of the suspension bridge hang over Kingsbury Run as a ghost of racial prejudice.

What started as a display of antique hearses has grown into a museum exploring the history of the funeral industry.