Niagara Falls Illumination – Niagara, US

Niagara Falls Illumination – Niagara, US

As spectacular as its vistas are by day, Niagara Falls can appear even more dramatic after dark. Every night of the year colored spotlights illuminate Niagara’s Horseshoe and American falls to create  a spectacular light show of rich and ever-changing hues. EXPERIENCE...
Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima

Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima

Since 1954, Our Lady of Fatima Shrine has become a place of natural beauty, art, communal prayer, and renewal to thousands who visit the unique buildings and grounds each year. The magnificence and natural beauty of the Shrine is highlighted by an awe-inspiring Dome...
Storm King Art Center, Hudson Valley

Storm King Art Center, Hudson Valley

Storm King Art Center is widely celebrated as one of the world’s leading sculpture parks. It is located only one hour north of New York City, on a 500-acre landscape of fields, hills, and woodlands that provides the setting for a collection of more than 100 carefully...

What I Found Across New York State – Part 3

After all the diverse and beautiful landscape between Albany, NY and Buffalo – the delightful small towns, wineries, museums and history – you arrive in Buffalo!  Buffalo looms up in a cluster of Art Deco spires and glass-box skyscrapers –...
Tanglewood Music Festival, Lenox & Stockbridge MA

Tanglewood Music Festival, Lenox & Stockbridge MA

Tanglewood is an estate and music venue in Lenox and Stockbridge, Massachusetts. It is the home of the annual summer Tanglewood Music Festival and the Tanglewood Jazz Festival, and has been the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s summer home since 1937. World-renowned...
Chautauqua Institution – Chautauqua, NY

Chautauqua Institution – Chautauqua, NY

Chautauqua Institution is a community on the shores of Chautauqua Lake that comes alive each summer with a unique mix of fine and performing arts, lectures, interfaith worship and programs, and recreational activities. Over the course of nine weeks, more than 100,000...
Susan B. Anthony Museum and House, Rochester NY

Susan B. Anthony Museum and House, Rochester NY

The National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House shares the story of Susan B. Anthony’s lifelong struggle to gain voting rights for women and equal rights for all. The house was the home of the legendary American civil rights leader during the 40 most politically...
Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Berkshires MA

Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Berkshires MA

Jacob’s Pillow is home to America’s longest running dance festival, located in the beautiful Berkshire Hills of Western Massachusetts. Dance companies from around the world and across the United States perform in two historic theatres and an outdoor stage...
National Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown NY

National Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown NY

It was 1907 when the Mills Commission determined that baseball originated in Cooperstown, New York. Located  on the shores of Lake Otsego, the National Baseball Hall of Fame is home to the greatest stars and the history of America’s Pastime. Both the National...
Mohonk Mountain House, Hudson Valley

Mohonk Mountain House, Hudson Valley

The Mohonk Mountain House is a Victorian castle built on spectacular cliffs above the deep-blue waters of Lake Mohonk in 1869. The grand 259-room hotel in the heart of upstate New York’s scenic Hudson Valley has welcomed families for generations. Enjoy thousands of...
Touro Synagogue – Newport, RI

Touro Synagogue – Newport, RI

America’s Oldest Synagogue In 1658 the small but growing colony of Newport, Rhode Island received its first Jewish residents. These fifteen families came from Barbados, where a Jewish community had existed since the 1620’s. The subsequent stories and struggles...
Chesterwood – Stockbridge, MA

Chesterwood – Stockbridge, MA

Chesterwood was the summer estate and studio of the prolific American sculptor Daniel Chester French – the sculptor who famously designed the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC and Minuteman Memorial in Boston. When Daniel Chester French spoke of his summer studio and...