NEW YORK – A record-setting number of tourists visited New York City last year, Associated Press Writer Samantha Gross reported Jan. 13, spending an estimated $28 billion. She quoted tourism officials as saying that the falling dollar sweetened the deal for international travelers. Read more »
Most of the artisan cheeses sold by Saxelby Cheesemongers on Manhattan’s Lower East Side are made at farms less than a day’s drive away from the city. Shortly after opening in 2006, Anne Saxelby, the owner of Saxelby’s, started monthly (or thereabouts) “A Day-A-Whey” Sunday outings to the cheese belt surrounding New York City. Read more »
Historic U.S. Route 20 is America’s longest continuous highway, running all the way from Boston to the Oregon coast. For 290 miles of its path, it crosses New York State from Duanesburg in the east to East Aurora in the west. During the heyday of the automobile in the first half of the 20th century, it was one of the main east-west routes. Read more »
New York’s highest village (1846 feet), Lake Placid has hosted two Olympic Winter Games — in 1980 and 1932, an honor shared only by Innsbruck, Austria, St. Moritz, Switzerland, and the Savoy region in France. But Whiteface Mountain and skiing aren’t the only things Lake Placid offers. Read more »
Hyde Park, located between New York City and Albany, is home to the Culinary Institute of America, one of the world’s premier culinary colleges and the only residential college in the world devoted entirely to the culinary arts. The school also has wide variety of programs for food enthusiasts. Read more »
New York State’s Erie Canal. opened in 1825, is a 360-mile engineering Wonder of the World, which links the Hudson River to the Great Lakes. There are a number of options for exploring the Canal, from taking a scenic 1½ hour cruise to an extended 3 or 4 day excursion. Read more »
Central Leatherstocking city is rich in history: Historic Cooperstown, in Otsego County, is home to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, which explores 150 years of America’s national pastime. But Cooperstown has much more to offer than just baseball. Apart from being synonymous with the Clark Family, Read more »
