Open Sky and Open Road
One thing above all else catches the eye at Hammondsport’s Curtiss Museum: wings. They may be big, but they’re also fragile – fabric stretched…
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The Aurora Renaissance
During the mid 19th century, Aurora was a bustling village nestled along the eastern shore of Cayuga Lake. It had become a major stop…
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On Foot in the Finger Lakes Hills
Want a free ticket to a marked route through 400 private properties, a route that would take you to those landowners’ back woods, best…
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How to Get Afloat Without Your Own Boat
Perhaps no state has a greater variety of waters to explore with a boat than ours. The Finger Lakes region, bordered by a Great…
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Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance
If America can be described as a melting pot, then we are going to need a stronger metaphor for the city of Ithaca. Drawing…
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The Changing Course of New York
The Erie Canal was the engineering marvel of its day; America’s greatest canal. It virtually changed our nation’s destiny by giving early settlers a…
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The New York State Fair
At the crossroads of New York state, near the intersection of the primary east-west and north-south highways, lies the Empire Expo Center, home of…
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“Enlightened” Ithaca
One of the best kept secrets about New York is that, about an hour north of the Big Apple, the state is a mostly…
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A Return to Skiing in the Finger Lakes
I remember being a kid. I remember playing in the snow until my lips were blue, my pant legs frozen stiff, and my mom…
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The Spooktacular Finger Lakes
Ghost stories abound up and down the hills and along the pathways and waterways of the Finger Lakes. Where the vapor clings to the…
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