1000 Island Seaway [NE]

Also see Kingston, Ontario

• Area at the confluence of the St Lawrence River and Lake Ontario between Upper New York & Ontario with over 1800 islands

• Historic Cherry Hill, Attraction: 1787  Georgian-style house contains furniture, silver, china, glass, clothing. $
• Shuyler Mansion State Historic Site, Attraction: 1763 mansion restored to 1790s splendor
• Shaker Heritage Society (Exit 4 off I-87), Attraction: Original U.S. Shaker settlement established in 1776, includes 1848 Shaker Meeting House, furniture, handcrafts, 0$
• USS Slater (Exit 2 off I-787S), Attraction: Restored WWII destroyer escort, $

• Clark Botanic Garden (Long Island), Attraction: Rose, vegetable, & herb gardens, 0$

• 1000 Islands Skydeck, Attraction: 400-ft observation tower offers excellent view of the Thousand Islands, $
• Boldt Castle (on Heart Island), Attraction: Stone castle built in 1900 by Waldorf-Astoria's George Boldt but abandoned & never lived in, $
• Singer Castle on Dark Island (accessible only by boat from Alexandria Bay or Morristown, NY or Rockport, ON), Attraction: Four-story, 28-room mansion with secret panels, hidden passageways, dungeons, spectacular views of the St Lawrence River, original furnishings, $$

• The Homefront Cafe, Attraction: Good food in a 40s atmosphere

• East Hampton Town Marine Museum, Attraction: Exhibits depict early whaling & modern fishing industries, $

• Amherst Museum, Attraction: 12 restored 1800s buildings, local history, Erie canal exhibit, $

• Noteworthy Indian Museum, Attraction: American Indian artifacts & exhibits that trace Mohawk habitation in central New York, 0$
• Walter Elwood Museum & Art Gallery (Exit 27 I-90), Attraction: Blacksmith shop, nature room, 1600s cabin, Victorian furnishings, exhibits about Eskimos & Iroquois Indians, Thomas Edison memorabilia, 0$

• Arcade & Attica Railroad, Attraction: 15-mile steam locomotive ride, $$

• Delaware & Ulster Rail Ride, Attraction: Train ride through Catskill Mountains, railroad memorabilia, $

• Griffis Sculpture Park, Attraction: 200 steel, aluminum, & bronze sculptures, 0$

• Cayuga Museum/Case Research Lab Museum, Attraction: Site of the invention of sound motion pictures, 0$
• Harriett Tubman Home (1.5 mi S of Auburn on SW34), Attraction: Home of former slave who delivered more than 300 slaves from the South on the Underground Railroad during the Civil War as well as serving the Union Army as a nurse, scout, & spy, $
• Ithaca Gun Company Museum (at Bass Pro Shops), Attraction: Manufacturing guns since 1880
• Ward W. O'Hara Agricultural Museum (2.5 mi S of Auburn on SR38A), Attraction: Farm & household implements recalling rural life from 1800-1930, general store, creamery, blacksmith shop, veterinarian's office, kitchen, locally manufactured tractors, wagons, 0$

• National Shrine of North American Martyrs (Exit 27 off I-90), Attraction: Site of Mohawk village where Father Isaak Jogues & companions were killed in 1640s, American Indian museum, Big Round Church seating 6500, 0$

• Ausable Chasm (Exit 35 off I-87), Attraction: 1.5-mi long gorge with waterfalls and rapids known as the "Grand Canyon of the East," hiking, camping, scenery, $$

• Beaver Lake Nature Center, Attraction: Major spring & fall migration stop for geese, trails, boardwalks, observation tower, $

• National Bottle Museum, Attraction: Bottles, containers, & glass-blowing tools, 0$

• Holland Land Office Museum, Attraction: Local history including Holland Purchase, 0$

• Antique Wireless Association Electronic Communication Museum, Attraction: History of radio & television from crystal sets through modern day

• Adirondack Museum (on SR30), Attraction: 20 buildings chronicle how the region was explored & settled, $$

• Bridgehampton Historical Museum (Long Island), Attraction: Local artifacts, machine shop, antique engines, farm machines, George W. Strong Wheelwright Shop with tools used in wagon repair, 0$

• Aquarium for Wildlife Conservation, Attraction: Exhibits of marine life in outdoor & indoor pools, $$
• Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, Attraction: Garden of Fragrance, Japanese Garden, Conservatory, bonsai museum, $
• Brooklyn History Museum, Attraction: Traces the development of Brooklyn Village in the 1830s through the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge in 1883, $
• Brooklyn Museum, Attraction: Collections of Egyptian, African, Asian, Oceanic, New World, & ancient Middle Eastern as well as American paintings, 29 Colonial period rooms representing the 1600s through 1900s, outdoor sculpture gardens, $

• Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens, Attraction: Restored triple-domed glass conservatory patterned after England's Crystal Palace with tropical & subtropical plants, 0$
• Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society Museum, Attraction: Housed in the only remaining building from the 1901 Pan-American Exposition, commercial & industrial development of the area, $
• Naval & Military Park, Attraction: Visit guided-missile cruiser USS Little Rock, destroyer USS The Sullivans, WWII submarine USS Croaker, $

• Murphy Orchards, Attraction: Working farm, orchard tours, cider pressing in fall

• Granger Homestead & Carriage Museum, Attraction: More than 44 horse-drawn vehicles made or used in the region 1810-1920, $
• Ontario County Historical Society Museum, Attraction: Exhibits about local & regional history, $
• Sonnenberg Gardens (N of Canandaigua on SR21), Attraction: 1887 Victorian mansion with period furnishings, fountains, ponds, rose garden, Italian garden, Japanese garden, rock garden, & other themed gardens, $

• Canastota Canal Town Museum, Attraction: Antiques, Erie Canal historical items, household items, local handmade crystal, $
• International Boxing Hall of Fame (Exit 34 off I-90), Attraction: Boxing memorabilia including robes, gloves, ticket stubs, videos, $

• Letchworth State Park (2 mi N of Castile on SR19A), Attraction: Genesee River Gorge, 600-ft deep "Grand Canyon of the East" with 3 waterfalls, $

• Catskill Forest Preserve, Attraction: Particularly beautiful in June when the laurel blooms and in October when the leaves turn, 0$

• Lorenzo State Historic Site (on SR13), Attraction: 1807 mansion with original furnishings, formal garden, carriage collection, $

• Vanderbilt Mansion, Marine Museum (Long Island), Attraction: William K Vanderbilt mansion, seaplane hanger, marine museum, gardens, $

• High Falls Park (1 mi W of Chateaugay on SR11), Attraction: 120-ft waterfall via nature trail, $

• Cherry Valley Museum, Attraction: Household articles, Revolutionary & Civil War memorabilia, farm implements, $

• Cobblestone Society Museum, Attraction: 7 historic buildings including an 1834 church, 1840 parsonage, 1849 one-room schoolhouse, blacksmith shop, harness shop, print shop, Farmers Hall, farming tools & implements, $

• Chittenango Landing Canal Boat Museum, Attraction: View sunken canal boat, dry docks, blacksmith & woodworking shops, $
• L. Frank Baum Museum, Attraction: Original copies of The Wizard of Oz, movie memorabilia

Clayton [NW]

See 1000 Islands

• Antique boat Museum, Attraction: More than 200 wooden boats, American Indian dugout & birch-bark canoes, early 1900s speedboats, $

• Thousand Islands Museum, Attraction: History of life along the St Lawrence River, record muskie catches, award-winning decoys, $

• Secret Caverns (Exit 22 off I-88), Attraction: Half-mile tour including 100-ft underground waterfall

• Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum (Long Island), Attraction: Story of the whaling industry & its impact on the local area as well as the significance of whaling in general, $

Cooperstown [SE]

• Farmers Museum (1 mi N of Cooperstown on SR80), Attraction: Working 19th century farm & 1845 village, general store, blacksmith shop, tavern, $

• Fly Creek Cider Mill & Orchard, Attraction: Water-powered mill built in 1856

• National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum, Attraction: Exhibits include World Series, Women In Baseball, Ballparks, Babe Ruth & Hank Aaron Room, $

• Otesaga Inn, Attraction: Outstanding restaurant on shore of Lake Otesaga

Corning [SE]

• Corning Glass Center, Attraction: Factory tour of Corning & Steuben glass works, $

• Corning Museum of Glass (Exit 46 off I-86), Attraction: World's most comprehensive collection of glass, 35,000 objects, history of glass over 35 centuries, $$

• Corning-Painted Post Historical Society Museum Complex, Attraction: 1796 inn, Browntown Schoolhouse, 1860s Starr Barn agricultural exhibit, blacksmith shop, 1784 log cabin, $

• Rockwell Museum of Western Art, Attraction: Collection of traditional & contemporary Western & Native American paintings & sculpture, $

• 1890 House Museum, Attraction: Victorian mansion with period furnishings, elaborate woodworking, wall stenciling, & stained glass, $

• Bronck Museum, Attraction: Dutch Hudson Valley history, houses dating from 1663, New World Dutch barn, 13-sided barn, $

• American Maple Museum, Attraction: History of maple production featuring lumbering & syrup-making equipment, $

• Champlain Memorial Lighthouse (7.5 mi NE of Crown Point on SR9N/22), Attraction: Light station constructed in 1859, $
• Crown Point State Historic Site (7.5 mi NE on shore of Lake Champlain), Attraction: Ruins of French & India War forts, camping, $
• Penfield Homestead Historical Museum (Exit 28 off I-87), Attraction: 1800s buildings in the Ironville Historic District, Crown Point Iron Co thought to be first industrial use of electricity, $

• Neversink Valley Area Museum, Attraction: Historical park including a mile of the D&H Canal, canal walking tour, $

• Stony Brook, Attraction: Towering cliffs, 3 waterfalls, fascinating rock formations

• Delaware County Historical Association, Attraction: 1797 Frisbee house & barn, schoolhouse, blacksmith shop, 1800s gun shop, turnpike tollhouse, $

• Graycliff Estate, Attraction: Summer estate designed by Frank Lloyd Wright on a cliff overlooking Lake Erie, $$

• Old Erie Canal State Park, Attraction: Section of the original 1820s canal

• Dunkirk Historical Lighthouse, Attraction: 1875 lighthouse, museum in lighthouse keeper's quarters, $

• Toy Town Museum (1.1 mi E of East Aurora on SR16/78), Attraction: Heritage of toys from the early 1900s to the present, 0$

• Mulford Farmhouse (Long Island), Attraction: History of original 1600s settlement of Maidstone, $

• Hanford Mills Museum, Attraction: Restored 1800s water-powered milling complex including sawmill, gristmill, barn, hardware store, restored farmhouse, shingle mill, $

Eden [SE]

• The Original American Kazoo Co, Attraction: Factory tour, displays tracing the musical toy's West African origins, modern production methods, 0$

• Adirondack History Center, Attraction: History of the Champlain Valley, pioneer settlement, wilderness exploration, transportation, $

• Chemung Valley History Museum, Attraction: Regional historical artifacts, items once belonging to Mark Twain, $
• National Soaring Museum, Attraction: Largest collection of gliders & sailplanes in the world ranging from 1890s sailplanes to modern-day gliders, $
• Wings of Eagles Discovery Center, Attraction: Over 30 warplanes on display from the 1940s to the present, $

Erie Canal [NW, SE]

Also see Amherst, Canastota, Lockport, Rome, Syracuse

• West end at Tonawanda (N of Buffalo)

• East end at Waterford (NE of Albany)

• Old Fort House Museum, Attraction: Built in 1722 and used as tavern, courthouse, & Revolutionary War headquarters, includes 1800s tollhouse, schoolhouse, $

• Fort Johnson, Attraction: Restored to the 1700s period with original furnishings, regional history & Mohawk Valley Indians, $

• Fort Plain Museum, Attraction: On site of Revolutionary War fort, includes American Indian artifacts, Erie Canal displays, area agriculture, 0$

• Mike Weaver Drain Tile Museum (3 mi E of Geneva on SR96A), Attraction: 350 types of drain tile dating from 100 BC to the present, $
• Rose Hill Mansion (3 mi E of Geneva on SR96A), Attraction: 1839 mansion, one of America's best examples of Greek Revival architecture, $

• Fulton County Museum, Attraction: Historical displays with emphasis on manufacture of leather gloves for which the town was named, 0$

• Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame, Attraction: Collection of Currier & Ives trotting prints, timeline tracing history of the sport, trotting memorabilia, $

• Glenn H. Curtiss Museum, Attraction: Displays of early motorcycles, engines, & aircraft developed by aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss who piloted the first documented public flight in the U.S., $

• Log Cabin Grist Mill & Museum, Attraction: Antique farm equipment, household items, gas & steam engines, 1894 cider press, machine shed, 0$

• Herkimer County Historical Society, Attraction: Overview of the agriculture, industry, & domestic life of Herkimer County from the 1700s to the 1990s, 0$

• Delaware & Hudson Canal Museum, Attraction: History of the 108-mile canal that linked the company's coal fields to the Hudson River from 1828-98, $

• National Warplane Museum, Attraction: Military aircraft & artifacts from 1919 through Desert Storm conflict, flying-condition B-17, only known flying PBY, $

• Howe Caverns Exit 22 off I-88), 80-minute guided tour 156-ft underground, boat ride on underground lake, $$

• Iroquois Indian Museum (Exit 22 off I-88), Attraction: Culture & heritage of Iroquois Indians, 45-acre nature park with 1800s log homes, $

• American Museum of Firefighting, Attraction: More than 73 firefighting machines, dating to 1725, 0$

Hyde Park [SE]

• Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, Attraction: Mrs. Roosevelt's weekend & holiday retreat during her husband's presidency, $

• Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site (2 mi S of Hyde Park on US9), Attraction: 1826 house remains almost exactly as it was at time of the president's death in 1945, $$

• Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site (2 mi N of Hyde Park on US9), Attraction: 1898 mansion with original furnishings, $

• Vanderbilt Estate

• Remington Arms Co Plant Tour, Attraction: Tour plant to view gun making process, 0$
• Remington Museum, Attraction: Display of firearms ranging from flintlock rifles to rare pistols & revolvers

Ithaca [SW]

150 waterfalls within a 10-mi radius of town

• Buttermilk Falls State Park, Attraction: Buttermilk Creek descends more than 500 ft in a series of cascades & rapids

• Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Johnson Center for Birds, Attraction: Interactive exhibits and glass-enclosed observatory, 0$

• Cornell Plantations, Attraction: World-class botanical gardens

• Ithaca Clock Museum, Attraction: Tribute to the beauty & value of the American Clock

• Ithaca Falls, Attraction: 150-ft high, 175-ft wide waterfalls located within the city limits

• Taughannock Falls State Park (9 mi N of Ithaca on SR89), Attraction: 215-ft falls in 350-400 ft deep gorge, $

• Jamestown Audubon Nature Center (2 mi S of Jamestown on US62), Attraction: 5 mi of nature trails, arboretum, herb garden, butterfly garden, 0$
• Lucy-Desi Museum, Attraction: Memorabilia from lives & entertainment careers of Jamestown-native Lucille Ball & Desi Arnez, $

• U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (Long Island), Attraction: Training for officers for the Merchant Marine & Naval Reserve, American Merchant Marine Museum, U.S. Merchant Marine Chapel, 0$

Kingston [SE]

• Hudson River Maritime Museum

• Kingston Trolley Museum

• Agricultural Museum (6 mi S of La Fargeville on SR180), Attraction: Development of agriculture in the region, one-room schoolhouse, church/meetinghouse, cheese factory, $

• Fort William Henry Museum, Attraction: 1755 British fort, barracks, stockades, dungeons, artifacts, $
• Lake George Battlefield Park (5 mi S of Lake George on US9), Attraction: Ruins of Fort George, American Indian monument, Memorial to Jesuit missionary Father Jogues, $

• John Brown Farm State Historic Site, Attraction: Restored farmhouse marks burial place of abolitionist John Brown, $
• Lake Placid/North Elba Historical Society Museum, Attraction: Primitive farm implements, musical instruments, memorabilia of 1932 & 1980 Winter Olympic Games, $

• Rock Hall Museum, Attraction: Restored 1767 Georgian Colonial mansion furnished in the style of the late 1700s, 0$

• Jell-O Museum & Gallery (Exit 47 off I-90), Attraction: Trace the history of Jell-O in the town where it was invented in 1897, $

• Salt Museum, Attraction: Illustrates the Onondaga Salt Industry during the 1800s

• Canal Museum, Attraction: Learn about the historic significance of the Erie Canal
• Historic Locks, Attraction: Five flights of locks on the Erie Canal built in 1825
• Lockport Cave, Attraction: 1600-ft tunnel blasted out of solid rock in the mid-1800s, boar ride on underground waterway, $
• Lockport Locks & Erie Canal Cruises, Attraction: 2-hour cruise on Erie Canal past the original 1800s locks, through working locks, $$
• Niagara County Historical Society, Attraction: Business & medical memorabilia, far tools, Civil War items, Indian artifacts, locally produced 1923 all-aluminum automobile, 0$
• Tow Path Trolley, Attraction: Narrated tour of Lockport on vintage trolley bus

• Steinway & Sons, Attraction: Factory tour, 0$

• Wayne County Historical Society Museum, Attraction: Antiques, farm implements, ship artifacts, 0$

• Franklin County House of History, Attraction: 1850s home complete with period furniture, 0$

• Robert Moses State Park
• Dwight D Eisenhower Visitor's Center, Attraction: Lock on St Lawrence Seaway, history & operation of locks, watch ships pass through locks on way to/from ocean, 0$

• Ace of Diamonds Mine, Attraction: Dig for Herkimer diamonds (double-sided quartz crystals), camping, $

• Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley Railroad (3 mi E of Milford on SR166), Attraction: 9-mi vintage train ride along the Susquehanna River, railroad exhibits at Milford depot, $

• Wing's Castle (4 mi N of Millbrook), Attraction: Whimsical castle built mostly from recycled material, $

• Museum Village (1.2m W of Monroe on SR17), Attraction: Outdoor museum with building of 1800s America, drugstore, schoolhouse, natural history museum, crafts, $

• Montauk Point Lighthouse Museum (6 mi E of Montauk of SR27 on Long Island), Attraction: One of the oldest lighthouses in the country, built in 1796, climb the 137 steps to the top, $

• Montour Falls, Attraction: 165-ft Montour Falls almost as high as Niagara right at the end of Main St
• Schuyler County Historical Society Museum, Attraction: Antique farm implements, tools of various trades, American Indian relics, ladies fashions, antique toys, 0$

• Fillmore Glen Attraction: Gorge, trails, replica of cabin where Millard Fillmore, 13th President, was born

• Singer Castle on Dark Island (see Alexandria Bay, NY), tour boat to Dark Island

• Genesee Country Village & Museum (1.2 mi W of Mumford on SR36), Attraction: More than 57 historic structures representing 1800s life, craftspeople demonstrate spinning, weaving, cooking, & other crafts, $$

• Fort Delaware Museum of Colonial History (0.7 mi N of Narrowsburg on SR 97), Attraction: 1700s stockade with blockhouses, 3 log houses, gun platform, storehouses, blacksmith shop, armory, herb garden, $

• Hoffman Clock Museum, Attraction: Over 130 different clocks of all sizes & shapes, 0$

• New Windsor Cantonment State Historic Site (1 mi S of Newburgh on I-84), Attraction: Site of the last winter encampment of the Continental Army, demonstrations of 1700s military life, musket & artillery drills, woodworking, blacksmithing, $
• Washington's Headquarters State Historic Site, Attraction: General George Washington's headquarters 1782-1783, $

• New Hope Mills, Attraction: One of America's oldest continuously operating flour mills

• Mount Lebanon Shaker Village (S of New Lebanon on US 20), Attraction: Home of the Shakers 1785-1947 known for their celibate lifestyle & community living, $

• Huguenot Historical Society Tours, Attraction: Historic buildings in 300-year-0ld Huguenot village, 6 houses, fort, reconstructed 1700s stone church, $

New York City [SE]

• American Museum of Natural History, Attraction: Displays covering almost everything related to natural history, $

• Bronx Zoo, Attraction: Largest metropolitan zoo in US with over 6,000 animals

• Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Attraction: 52-acre gardens with more than 12,000 plant species in more than 20 gardens

• Brooklyn Bridge, Attraction: Sometimes called the eighth wonder of the world, walk across bridge on boardwalk-like walkway

• Ellis Island, Attraction: Main entry point for millions of immigrants 1891-1954, memorial & interpretive center where Americans can research their heritage, accessible only by ferry, $

• Empire State Building, Attraction: 1,454-ft skyscraper that was the world's tallest from 1931 to 1970, $

• Governor's Island National Monument, Attraction: Located on island off tip of Manhattan, site of Fort Jay & Castle Williams both part of coastal defenses

• Jewish Museum, Attraction: Traces 4000 years of Jewish art, history, & culture, $$

• Metropolitan  Museum of Art, Attraction: Largest museum in the western hemisphere with a collection of more than 2 million works from around the world, $$

• Museum of Television & Radio, Attraction: Collections of some 50,000 radio & television program tapes, $

• Museum of the City of New York, Attraction: Devoted to the life & history of the city, $

• South Street Seaport Museum Ships (Pier 16), Attraction: 1885 wrought-iron sailing ship Wavertree, 1908 floating lighthouse Ambrose, restored four-masted 1911 German merchant vessel Peking, $

• NBC Studios (in Rockefeller Center), Attraction: Behind-the-scenes tours of the production areas of several television shows, $$

• New York Botanical Garden, Attraction: World's largest botanical gardens founded in 1891, $

• New York Stock Exchange, 0$

• Radio City Music Hall (in Rockefeller Center), Attraction: Musical stage spectaculars with the Rockettes, theatrical productions, live concerts, $$

• Rockefeller Center, Attraction: Underground shops & restaurants, Rockefeller Center Tour, $$

• St Patrick's Cathedral, Attraction: One of the largest churches in the U.S., famous rose window, 0$

• Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, Attraction: World's largest collection of Indian artifacts depicting the art, culture, & lifestyles of North, Central, & South American Indians since prehistoric times, 0$

• Statue of Liberty, Attraction: The icon of America welcoming tourists and immigrants to America, American Museum of Immigration in base of statue traces the history of immigration into the U.S., accessible only by ferry, $

Niagara Falls [NW]

Also see Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. American Falls are 184-ft high, Canadian Falls (Horseshoe Falls) are 177-ft high

• Aquarium of Niagara, Attraction: More than 1,500 aquatic animals ranging from the Great Lakes to the coral reefs, $

• Cave of the Winds, Attraction: Tour from Goat Island, elevator takes you down 175 ft to the base of Bridal Veil falls, walk to within 25 ft of the base of the American Falls on wooden walkways, $

• Devil's Hole State Park, Attraction: Hiking along the Niagara Gorge Rim or a trail along the raging river edge

• Goat Island, Attraction: separates the Canadian & American falls

• Maid of the Mist, Attraction: Boat trips into the Horseshoe Basin & directly in front of the falls, $$

• Niagara Aerospace Museum, Attraction: Development of aviation from its beginnings to recent space exploration, 1910 Curtiss biplane, GA-36 experimental airplane, 1930s Piper Cub, WWII Schweitser Sailplane, rare 1947 Bell 47B-3 helicopter, $

• Niagara Falls, Attraction: 2600-ft wide falls consists of Horseshoe Falls on the Canadian side & American & Bridal Veil Falls on the US side, falls illuminated at night

• Niagara Falls State Park, Attraction: New York's oldest state park, 0$

• Niagara Scenic Trolley, Attraction: 3-mile route includes Goat Island, Prospect Point, and the falls, $

• Power Vista (4.5 N of the falls on US104), Attraction: Niagara Power Project's visitor center with more than 50 interactive exhibits, 0$

• Prospect Point, Attraction: View American Falls & Rapids, visitor center

• Prospect Point Observation Tower, Attraction: 260-ft tower that rises above the cliffs, elevator to river level, $

• Terrapin Point, Attraction: View the thundering water over the wide expanse & sweeping curve of the Horseshoe Falls

• Upper Rapids State Park

• Whirlpool State Park, Attraction: Gorge & rim trails overlooking the whirlpool at the 90-degree bend in the Niagara River, 0$

• Wintergarden, Attraction: Glass-enclosed garden with tropical semitropical & desert plants & trees, 0$

• Old Blenheim Bridge, Attraction: Built in 1854, world's longest single-span wooden covered bridge at 232 ft, 0$

• Victorian Doll Museum (4.5 mi W of North Chili on SR33), Attraction: More than 2,000 dolls plus toys, Victorian memorabilia, & more, $

• Barton Mines Garnet Mine Tour (NW of North Creek), Attraction: One of largest garnet mines in the world, in operations since 1878, $

• Bennington Battlefield State Historic Site (3 mi E of North Hoosick of SR57), Attraction: Site of one of the earliest decisive Colonial victories of the Revolutionary War in 1777, 0$

• The Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum, Attraction: One of several local factories that produced carousels & band organs, $

• Northeast Classic Car Museum, Attraction: More than 100 restored automobiles dating from 1900 through 1960s, $

• Frederic Remington Art Museum, Attraction: Old West art & sculpture, $

• Old Bethpage Village Restoration (Long Island), Attraction: Reconstructed pre-Civil War working farm, original family house, carriage shed, English-style barn, smokehouse, Layton Store, $

• Adirondack Scenic Railroad (1 mi S of Old Forge on SR28), Attraction: 28-mi round trip to Otter Lake, $

• Old Westbury Gardens (Long Island), Attraction: 1906 Westbury House with antique furniture & art, landscaping & formal gardens, $$

• Rock City Park (5 mi S of Olean on SR16), Attraction: Paths through quartz boulders, stone stairway believed to have been built by Seneca Indians, $

• Madison County Historical Society, Attraction: 7 period rooms, agricultural museum in carriage barn, $

• Brooks' House of Bar-B-Que, Attraction: One of the largest open-pit barbeques in the NE
• National Soccer Hall of Fame (Exit 13 off I-88), Attraction: Story of soccer in the U.S., artifacts, world's oldest soccer ball, $

• Pedaling History Bicycle Museum, Attraction: More than 300 antique & reproduction bicycles & children's wheeled vehicles, $

• Oriskany Museum, Attraction: Exhibits on Revolutionary War Battle of Oriskany, military artifacts, $

• North American Fiddlers Hall of Fame & Museum, Attraction: Fiddling memorabilia & free concerts most Sundays, 0$

• Fort Ontario State Historic Site, Attraction: Barracks, guard houses, powder magazine, officers' quarters, underground stone casements, $
• H. Lee White Marine Museum, 300 yrs of Oswego & Great Lakes history, local American Indians, early settlement, navigation on Lake Ontario, $
• Tioga Scenic Railroad Attraction: 2 1/2 hour excursions in vintage railroad cars, $$

• Tioga County Historical Society Museum, Attraction: Local & regional history, American Indian artifacts, tools, toys, 0$

• Earle-Wrightman House Museum (Long Island), Attraction: 1720 one-room home with additional rooms added over the years, 1700s-style gardens, 0$
• Sagamore Hill National Historic Site (3 mi E of Oyster Bay), Attraction: Home of President Theodore Roosevelt, $

• Oak Hill Farm (2 mi S Penn Yan on Hwy14A), Attraction: Mennonite market & country store

Plattsburgh [NE]

See Ausable Chasm

• Clinton County Historical Museum, Attraction: Diorama of the 1814 Battle of Plattsburgh & the 1776 Battle of Valcour, $

• Gillinder Glass Factory, Attraction: Century-old techniques to produce commercial & decorative glass, $

• Natural Stone Bridge & Caves (Exit 26 off I-87) Attraction: Path through series of caves, rock formations, & underground waterways, $

• Locust Grove, the Samuel Morris Historic Site, Attraction: Home of Samuel F.B. Morse, period furnishings, original telegraph equipment, Hudson Valley memorabilia, $

• Log Cabin Church

• Donald M Kendall Sculpture Gardens (on PepsiCo corporate campus), Attraction: 144-acre garden, sculptures

• American Museum of the Moving Image, Attraction: The art, history, technique, & technology of motion pictures, television, video, & digital media, $
• Queens Botanical Garden, Attraction: Trails & paths wind through rose, rock, & formal gardens, 0$
• Queens County Farm Museum, Attraction: Shingled 1772 farmhouse, wagon shed, barns, greenhouses, 0$

• Tail O' The Pup, Attraction: Lobster & barbeque restaurant, $

• Kring Point State Park (off Hwy12 at Kring Point Rd), Attraction: Camping on a peninsula w/St Lawrence River on one side & Goose Bay on the other, almost every site has a water view, watch freighters go by on St Lawrence River, $

• Crailo State Historic Site, Attraction: History, development, culture, influence of Dutch settlements in the Upper Hudson Valley, $

• Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome (NE of Rhinebeck), Attraction: Over 30 vintage planes, $

• George Eastman House, Attraction: Restored to early 1900s appearance, formal gardens, International Museum of Photography & Film, $
• Highland Park (Exit 12 off I-490), Attraction: Botanic gardens, conservatory, 0$
• Upper Falls Park, Attraction: 100-ft waterfall, 0$

Rome [NE]

• Erie Canal Village (3 mi W of Rome on SR49), Attraction: Recreation of 1840 community with museums & restored buildings, $

• Fort Stanwix National Monument, Attraction: Reconstructed Revolutionary War fort built in 1758

• Rome-Boonville Gorge (follows SR46), Attraction: Narrow valley from Rome to North Western, gorge from North Western to Boonville

• Sackets Harbor Battlefield State Historic Site, Attraction: Site of 2 battles during the War of 1812, restored officers' houses, $

• Sag Harbor Whaling Museum (Long Island), Attraction: Whaling equipment, scrimshaw, fishing gear, $

• Salamanca Rail Museum, Attraction: Displays on the role railroads played in area history, $
• Seneca-Iroquois National Museum (Exit 20 off US17), Attraction: Life & culture of the Iroquois Indians with emphasis on the Seneca Nation, $

• The Batten Kill Rambler Scenic Train, Attraction: Scenic excursions along the Batten Kill River, $

Victorian homes

• Automobile Museum, Attraction: Antique, classic, race carsNew York State Military Museum, Attraction: More than 10,000 military articles
• Saratoga Spa State Park (Exit 13N off I-87), Attraction: Bathhouses, mineral springs, geyser-like spouters, swimming pools, 0$
• Saratoga Springs History Museum, Attraction: Period rooms with restored furniture

• Old Stone Fort Museum  Complex (N of Schoharie), Attraction: 1772 Dutch Reformed church stockaded as a fort during the American Revolution, 1760 Palatine house, 1700s Dutch barn, 1830 law office, 1890 schoolhouse, $

Town thought to be the inspiration for Bedford Falls in movie "It's A Wonderful Life"

• Seneca Museum of Waterways & Industry, Attraction: Depicts the canal system of New York

• National Women's Hall of Fame, Attraction: Achievements of distinguished American women who have made contributions to arts, athletics, business, government, science, & education, $

• Headless Horseman Bridge, Attraction: Site of old bridge where the headless horseman hurled his pumpkin head at Ichabod Crane in the Washington Irving tale

• Southhampton Historical Museum (Long Island), Attraction: 1843 whaling captain's home, blacksmith shop, carpentry shop, cobbler shop, harness shop, drugstore, carriage house, 1890s saloon, country store, schoolhouse, outhouses, $

• Historic Richmond Town, Attraction: Restored village recreating appearance & lifestyle of 3 centuries of local history, period furniture, antique toys, craft demonstrations, $

• Fort Klock Historic Restoration (2 mi E of St Johnsville on SR5), Attraction: Fortified 1750 farmhouse built for trading & defense, schoolhouse, Dutch bar, blacksmith shop, $

• Stony Brook Grist Mill (Long Island), Attraction: Working 1751 grist mill, rare example of Dutch framing, $

Syracuse [NW]

• Erie Canal Museum, Attraction: 1850 Weighlock Building designed to weigh 100-ft-long canal boats, canal boat Frank Thomsan, $

• Museum of Automobile History, Attraction: Largest private collection of automobile memorabilia

• Pratts Falls Park

• Sainte Marie Among the Iroquois (Exit 24A off I-81), Attraction: Recreated 1600s Jesuit mission, recreated Iroquois fishing village, demonstrations of traditional cooking, building, & harvesting techniques, $

• Fort Ticonderoga National Historical Landmark (1 mi E of Ticonderoga or SR 74), Attraction: 1755 fort built by French, site of the first major American victory of Revolutionary War in 1775, recaptured by British in 1777, $$
• Mount Defiance (1 mi SE of Ticonderoga on SR22/74), Attraction: Vantage point from which British forced surrender of Fort Ticonderoga in 1777, panoramic view of Lake Champlain, the valley, & the Green Mountains, 0$

• Erie Canal between Tonawanda (West end) & Waterford (East end)

• Ganondagan State Historic Site (W of Victor on CR41), Attraction: 1600s Seneca village, bark longhouse, $

• Walton Carriage Museum (1 mi W of Walton on Hwy206), Attraction: Horse-drawn vehicles from the 1800s & early 1900s

Waterford [SE]

• Erie Canal between Waterford (East end) & Tonawanda (West end)

• Tugboat Roundup early September

• Connie's Diner, Attraction: Home-style meals in a 50s-style diner

• Jefferson County Historical Society, Attraction: Victorian furnishings & decorative art, American Indian artifacts, historic water turbines, Civil War memorabilia, Victorian garden, antique automobiles, farm implements, 0$

• Watervliet Arsenal Museum (Exit 387 off I-787), Attraction: Oldest continuously used arsenal in U.S. built in 1813, cannons & military equipment from the 1500s through the present, 0$

Watkins Glen [SW]

• Seneca Lake Pier, Attraction: Great views of Seneca Lake

• Watkins Glen State Park, Attraction: 200-ft deep rock-walled canyon with 19 waterfalls, hiking, 0$

• Bear Mountain State Park (5 mi S of West Point on US9W), Attraction: Drive to summit of Bear Mountain for view of four states & Hudson River Valley, 0$
• United States Military Academy, Attraction: Cadet Chapel, West Point Museum, & designated areas open for visitors, 0$

• Skenesborough Museum (Long Island), Attraction: Navy room, doll room, military room local artifacts, $

• Williamsville Water Mills, Attraction: Historical exhibits & cider mill operating in the fall, 0$

• High Falls Gorge (4.5 mi SW of Wilmington on SR86), Attraction: Deep ravine cut into the base of Whiteface Mountain by the Ausable River, rapids, falls, potholes, $
• Whiteface Mountain Veterans Memorial Highway (3.5 mi W of Wilmington via SR431), $

• Old Fort Niagara (10 mi N of Niagara Falls), Attraction: 1726 fort contains mounted cannons, hot-shot furnace, drawbridge, fortified French castle, re-enactors depict military life in the early 1800s, $