Last residence of H.P. Lovecraft featured in his story "The Haunter of the Dark."

This Rhode Island mansion was a stand-in for the exteriors of Collinwood in the original "Dark Shadows" series.

The widow of Benjamin Franklin's brother became the first female newspaper editor in the United States.

Once the largest attraction in Rhode Island, this former amusement park is now a gorgeous coastal state park.

The secluded beach getaway from Wes Anderson's dreamy summer romance.

Where one of the worst train disasters in the country took place, leading to upgrades in rail safety.

Legend says that this short Canadian tunnel still holds the dying screams of a girl who burned alive.

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

This two-room factory has been cranking out the musical signifier of zaniness for a century.

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

A tunnel that brings more than a century of history to life from the deepest parts of the Niagara Gorge.

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

Ruins of a once-prized railroad station in New York.

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

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

The only boathouse Frank Lloyd Wright ever designed was also the only unbuilt structure in his famous Wasmuth Portfolio, until 2007.

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's greatest—and favorite—architectural masterpieces was almost lost.

This restored house is like a time capsule of the president's unconventional inauguration.

The site of William McKinley's tragic assassination is only marked by an underwhelming boulder.

An elaborate memorial to a man local legend says died of a broken heart.

This unique crypt designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for his longtime friend was not completed in either man's lifetime.

A Byzantine-style concrete artwork pays tribute to a 17th-century saint.

An unprepossessing stone marks the last resting place of one of the most accomplished Native Americans in history.

The birthplace of America's favorite fruit-flavored mystery dessert.