There it sat. A small souvenir, tucked into the telephone niche of my great-grandparents’ Victorian farmhouse. A glass paperweight displaying the world’s greatest waterfall.

From horseback to stagecoach to trains, people have flocked to this natural wonder even before motor and air travel were possible.

Onlookers have been hypnotized by the Falls from the time mankind first peered upon its grandeur. View it with a vintage lover here:

Timeless Romance at Niagara Falls