This is what happens when people appreciate their natural surroundings. The Great Camp architecture is just one example. There's the six million protected acres of Adirondack Park, preserved military forts, historic relics of industry...we should stop before we give it all away!
This was the “Gilded Age” - wealthy, post-Civil War businessmen began building large mansions that reflected both the desire for opulence and the necessity of working with local materials. And Great Camp Sagamore is one of the most stunning and well-preserved of the original Great… Learn More
If you hear the term “forever wild” used around here, it refers to the same thing the New York State Legislature was talking about in 1892 when it passed measures guaranteeing that its public lands would never be commercially developed. The result is the Vermont-sized Adirondack… Learn More
This may be an urban legend. It could also be an anti-urban legend, we’re not sure. But we hear that the word "vacation" was invented in the Adirondacks. And while experienced etymologists may argue that the Latin “vacatio” means “freedom,” folks here have a different story… Learn More
Most people know Lake Placid as the site where where the U.S. Hockey Team famously defeated the Soviet Union in the 1980 Winter Olympics. But in 1932, the renowned figure skater Sonja Henie won her second Olympic gold medal at this complex; an onsite museum commemorates… Learn More
Like many places, the Adirondacks owes a great part of its history to the railroad. Unlike lots of places, it still has a part of the golden age of railroading, as it was when the Vanderbilts and the Carnegies inhabited these parts and used the trains to get back and forth… Learn More
It’s billed as the largest natural attraction in the Adirondacks, and, as it was established in 1870, the oldest in America. Technically it’s much, much older than that, being that it was created by the Ausable River cutting through a fault in Potsdam sandstone about 500… Learn More
Sometimes a place is best illustrated not by what’s in it, but what’s under it. That’s the case with Port Henry, which rests above tons of high-grade iron ore. In fact it was the largest pre-war producer of iron ore in the country, helping with the construction of the transcontinental… Learn More
Old Forge is right in the middle of the Adirondacks, and it still recalls the time when the railroads first came through, people traveled to this new region by steamboat, and there were no roads around the beautiful Fulton Chain of Lakes that served as a water mail route. Learn More
If you’ve read “The Last of the Mohicans,” you may have some idea of the significance of Fort William Henry in the history of New York and the U.S. From its small hilltop, it was a key fort in the deciding years of the Seven Years War fought between the French and the British… Learn More
Okay, we cheated a little - part of this designated New York State Byway actually runs through parts of Vermont and Canada, too. But the Lakes to Locks Passage has been designated by the Federal Highway Administration as an "All American Road," an exhilarating mix of recreation… Learn More
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