If you have an interest in American cities and their culture, you may find Buffalo especially rewarding to explore. Here's some background and popular history to explain how Buffalo is a Quirky Creative place, with much more influence on the nation than its size and reputation may lead you to expect.
Cultural links are at the bottom.
From the shaggy beast, Bison bison americanus , even though the great buffalo herds never came within 500 miles of the place. The Buffalo River is truly beautiful as it flows swiftly out of Lake Erie towards Niagara Falls, and the Ellicott and Tonawanda Creeks also merit the name. Most sources cite the second theory, but I favor the third. The University at Buffalo was the University of Buffalo from 1846 to 1964, when it traded its old preposition and private standing to join the SUNY system. In the 19th Century Buffalo was the Queen City, an economic powerhouse with the Erie Canal and Great Lakes trade.