The "Other" Mansions
It must be hard to keep up with the Vanderbilts. When grandpa Cornelius died his adjusted net worth was $185 billion dollars. Even a full...
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The Guilded Age: Vanderbilt's Summer "Cottage"
Cornelius Vanderbilt fashioned a shipping and railroad empire within a single lifetime and subsequently built himself wealth beyond...
Boldt Castle
In 1900 George Boldt began building his wife the most jaw-dropping Valentine's Day gift ever given. Tragically neither would ever step...
Central Terminal & Subway
The "tour" of the "safe" places inside Central Terminal train station in Buffalo was by far the worst I've been on. You are allowed a 50...
Silo City
Buffalo is the home of Cheerios and at one time the world's largest grain port. That's right. This city's claim to global fame has...
The Church of Direct Mail Advertising
Sitting down to edit this one now, stay tuned on the Youtube! The visionary behind this masterpiece is also the inventor of direct mail...
Buffalo's Pump Station
The Art of Abandonment: Buffalo's Pump Station. In the early 1900's these five story-high steam pumps could push out 30 million gallons...
Steel City
It's amazing that in a relatively short span of time Pittsburgh's mills and blast furnaces built an entire city and then broke every man...
Ohio State Reformatory
Remember Shawshank Redemption? Here she is. Despite the decay, you can legally gain access this castle-like prison once deemed so unfit...
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