Rochester, New York: from America’s first western boomtown to the cultural center of western New York
Rochester offers an urban getaway by the scenic Finger Lakes region of western New York. America’s first western boomtown is now a place to drink in the local flavors, delve into the world of fine art and natural wonders, feel like a kid again and revel in how Rochester—and America—came to be what it is today.
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Saratoga Springs: Queen of Spas, a Revolution, and Some Horsing Around
Saratoga Springs is a resort city named for the therapeutic carbonated mineral waters. It is also renowned as a thoroughbred racing center.
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The Adirondacks: Lake Placid, New York
New York’s Adirondack is the largest park in the continental United States– larger than the entire state of Massachusetts or Yellowstone, Everglades, Glacier, and Grand Canyon National Parks combined. Its six million acres are constitutionally protected as “forever wild”.
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Holiday on the Hudson: a Dutchess County Treat
What grander way to celebrate the season than amidst the splendor of some of America’s finest mansions? And what better time to step back to the Gilded Age and inside the homes of some of the most talked-about people of their time?
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Hudson River Valley: A Dutch Treat
It was 400 years ago that navigator Henry Hudson set sail on an expedition that took a surprising turn. He had twice sailed into Arctic waters and failed to find the Northeast Passage, a route north of Europe and Asia connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, for his native England.
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