Situated in Northeastern United States, the State of New York is home to diverse landscapes, cultures and cities. In the northern region, enjoy the beauty of the Adirondack Mountains; in Western New York visit the cities of Niagara Falls, Buffalo and Rochester; in Central New York enjoy the activities around the Finger Lakes; in the mid-east visit the capital city of Albany and the leisure-oriented Catskill Mountains; in the south experience the world-class museums and nightlife of New York City, and the beaches of Long Island.

ATTRACTIONS

New York City   Long Island   Hudson Valley   Catskills   Capital-Saratoga   Adirondacks   Thousand Islands-Seaway   

Central-Leatherstocking   Finger Lakes   Greater Niagara   Chautauqua-Allegheny   National Parks

New York City

 Empire State Building - New York's famous Empire State Building, a U.S. National Historic Landmark, soars more than a quarter of a mile into the atmosphere above the heart of Manhattan. New York's famous Empire State Building, a U.S. National Historic Landmark, soars more than a quarter of a mile into the atmosphere above the heart of Manhattan. it has both a glass-enclosed area, which is heated in winter and cooled in summer, and spacious outdoor promenades on all four sides of the Building.

Brooklyn Botanic Garden - Called 'the premier horticultural attraction in the region' by the New York Times, the Brooklyn Botanical Garden features over 12,000 plants varieties on 52 acres, a renowned bonsai museum & Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden.

 American Museum of Natural History - For 125 years, the American Museum of Natural History has been one of the world's preeminent science and research institutions, renowned for its collections and exhibitions that illuminate millions of years of the earth's evolution, from the birth of the planet through the present day.

Waterfront Museum - Visitors can enjoy visual and performing arts programs and educational tours in marine history aboard the Lehigh Valley Railroad Barge #79.

Brooklyn Academy of Music - Brooklyn Academy of Music presents concerts, contemporary and classical dance, performance art, theater for young people, repertory and first run films, and reaches out to artists and audiences throughout the city as well as being home to both the Brooklyn Philharmonic and the Next Wave Festival.

Bronx Zoo - The Bronx Zoo is the largest metropolitan zoo in the nation, with more than 6,000 animals and many award-winning exhibits.

 Museum of Modern Art - The Museum of Modern Art's collection has grown to include more than 100,000 paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, photographs, architectural models and drawings, and design objects. MoMA also owns some 14,000 films and four million film stills, as well as 140,000 books, artist books, and periodicals, all part of the Museum's library.

Broadway City - Broadway City is an interactive amusement center just off Times Square. Experience the latest high tech video games, simulators, virtual reality, authentic New York food, New York memorabilia and lots more.

Bargemusic - With its extensive schedule, Bargemusic is believed to be the largest chamber music presenter in the world. The Barge, a 102-foot long converted barge once used by the Erie Lackawanna Railroad, offers a splendid performance space with wood paneling, a fireplace, and spectacular views of the lower Manhattan skyline along the East River.

Astroland Amusement Park - Astroland Amusement Park features Thirty thrilling rides, arcades, a beach and boardwalk, food and entertainment for the entire family. Astroland Amusement Park is also home to the Cyclone Roller coaster which is an official landmark and historic site.

American Museum of the Moving Image - The American Museum of the Moving Image is dedicated to educating the public about the art, history, technique, and technology of film, television, and digital media, and to examining their impact on culture and society.

Alley Pond Environmental Center - Over 635 acres of woodlands, meadows fresh and salt water marshes encompass this northeast Queens park. It is truly a haven for NYC's wildlife and a peaceful refuge for its human residents.

651 Arts - 651 Arts is a cultural institution offering culturally-diverse performances, events and programs.

National Academy of Design - The National Academy of Design has built one of the largest institutional assemblage of American art in the world, consisting of 2,200 paintings, 240 sculptures, and approximately 5,000 works on paper by over 1,500 artists.

Museum of the City of New York - The Museum holds one of America's most important photographic collections, a world renowned collection on American theater, and the finest and most complete collection of Currier and Ives hand-colored lithographs. There are more than 1.5 million paintings, prints, photographs, costumes, toys, rare books, manuscripts, sculptures, decorative arts objects, and other artifacts.

Jewish Museum - The Jewish Museum is one of the world's largest and most important institutions devoted to exploring the remarkable scope and diversity of Jewish culture. The museum features a vibrant, two-floor exhibition which tells a story spanning 4,000 years, from ancient times to the present.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts - Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts presents more than 350 live performances each year through six distinguished performance programs which bring music, opera, theater, dance, puppetry, circus, and cultural expression from around the globe to Lincoln Center stages.

Literally Alive Children's Theatre - Literally Alive is a year-round NYC based theatrical production company that specializes in bringing classic children's literature to life on the stage. In addition to a full professional presentation, families can participate in a pre-show arts workshop and learn how the arts bring literature to life.

Little Italy - Walking beside the narrow, cobblestoned streets beneath the fire escapes of turn-of-the-century tenements, you're tempted by the sights, sounds and smells of Italian cuisine and culture emanating from the restaurants surrounding you at every step.

Madame Tussaud's - The American idea of wax museums will be changed forever when you visit Madame Tussaud's in the heart of New York. The Museum features over 175 wax figures of celebrities, sport figures and singers.

Museum of Television and Radio - The Museum of Television and Radio features a collection of more than 100,000 programs chosen for their artistic, cultural, and historical significance. The collection covers news, drama, public affairs programs, documentaries, the performing arts, children's programming, sports, comedy, and advertising.

Madison Square Garden - Madison Square Garden is home to the NY Knicks, NY Rangers, NY Liberty and a variety of family shows, concerts and sporting events.  An 'All Access' tour is also offered in which visitors get a behind-the-scenes look at what makes the Garden The World's Most Famous Arena.

Morgan Library - The Morgan Library, a complex of buildings in the heart of New York City features a collection of illuminated, literary, and historical manuscripts; early printed books; and old master drawings and prints.

Museum of Jewish Heritage - The Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust displays more than 2,000 photographs, 800 artifacts, and 24 original documentary films.

Atlantis Marine World - Atlantis Marine World, situated along the Peconic River, boasts many fascinating Marine Life Exhibits, Sea Lion Shows, Educational Programs and even a Submarine Simulator Ride.

World Financial Center - Overlooking the Hudson River in lower Manhattan, the World Financial Center is home to major international financial firms, a dynamic Arts and events program, scores of fine shops and restaurants, and beautiful public spaces.

Whitney Museum - The Whitney Museum features more than 12,000 paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, and photographs, representing nearly 2,000 individual artists and providing the most complete overview of twentieth-century American art of any museum in the world.

Wave Hill - A non-profit cultural institution located on 28 acres in the northwest Bronx, Wave Hill is dedicated to exploring the interaction between human beings and the natural environment. Programs in both the arts and sciences are designed to foster public understanding of and appreciation for this complementary relationship.

Brooklyn Children's Museum - The Brooklyn Children's Museum is the world's first museum for children. Since 1899, BCM has given youth a place where learning and life come together, and children can explore culture, arts, science, and the environment. BCM offers innovative hands-on exhibitions, daily workshops and programs, and weekend multicultural performances.

Brooklyn History Museum - The Brooklyn Historical Society (BHS) is a museum, library, archives and educational center dedicated to the exploration and appreciation of Brooklyn's rich heritage.

Brooklyn Museum of Art - The Brooklyn Museum of Art is the second largest art museum in New York City and one of the largest in the United States. One of the premier art institutions in the world, its permanent collection includes more than one and a half million objects, from ancient Egyptian masterpieces to contemporary art, and represents almost every culture.

Carnegie Hall - Carnegie Hall is a world famous concert hall. For more than a century, Carnegie Hall has set the standard for excellence in performance.

Central Park - Central Park was the first landscaped public park in the United States. The park offers over 840 acres of landscaped and recreational areas that include a zoo, a theater, sports facilities, lakes, food, entertainment and lots more.

Central Park Wildlife Center - The Wildlife Center leads you through tropic, temperate and polar habitats to encounter more than 1,400 animals of 130-plus species.

Children's Museum of Manhattan - The Children's Museum of Manhattan (CMOM) offers 5 floors floors of unique exhibits and programs to help engage children and families in a partnership of learning through interactive exhibits and educational programs.

Colden Center for the Performing Arts - Colden Center For The Performing Arts, conveniently located on the campus of Queens College in Flushing, New York, presents a varied performance series of over 45 events annually, including classical concerts, dance, jazz, popular entertainment, family theater productions and arts-in-education programs.

Cooper Hewitt Design Museum - Part of the Smithsonian Institute, the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum draws on more than a century of collecting, documenting, and studying design. The Museum's collection today holds more than 250,000 objects, with a library of 60,000 volumes and archives of designers and design firms.

International Center of Photography - The International Center of Photography is a museum, a school and a center for photographers and photography. ICP's mission is to present photography's vital and central place in contemporary culture, and to lead in interpretation issues central to its development.

Rockefeller Center - As one of New York's most popular destinations, Rockefeller Center is a hub of activity, with thousands of visitors and New Yorkers alike taking in an array of exciting attractions.  Whether you're looking to spend the afternoon ice-skating, joining the audience at NBC's "Today Show," seeing the annual Christmas tree display or shopping at its world-class retail stores, the Rock has something for everyone.

Puppetworks - Puppetworks is dedicated to preserve and present Classic Puppet Theater entertainment, with special emphasis on the hand-carved wooden Marionette.

Chinatown - Located in the lower area of Manhattan, Chinatown offers unique Chinese shops, fruit and fish markets and around 300 restaurants featuring authentic Chinese cuisine.

Prospect Park - Prospect Park is a 526-acre Park which immediately surrounds its visitors with nature. The Park's is home to many popular destinations. The Park also hosts hundreds of events annually, including concerts, sporting events, performing arts, festivals, and tours.

 Guggenheim Museum - The Guggenheim Museum is Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpiece of modern architecture. The museum is home to a fine collection of 20th century art, including works by Chagall, Degas, Kadinsky, Picasso and Van Gogh.

Queens Botanical Garden - Welcome to the Queens Botanical Garden, 39 acres of unsurpassed beauty and tranquillity in the heart of New York City's largest borough. Located at the northeast corner of Flushing Meadows Corona Park, the Garden is an integral and verdant part of a corridor of green space that traverses the county for several miles.

Queens County Farm Museum - The Queens County Farm Museum is the only working historical farm in New York City. The 47 acre site includes the 18th century Adriance farmhouse, a greenhouse complex, barns and various outbuildings. The planting fields, orchard, herb garden and livestock bring the true farm experience to life for its visitors.

Queens Museum of Art - The Queens Museum of Art is dedicated to presenting the highest quality visual arts and educational programming for people in the New York metropolitan area.

Queens Zoo - The Queens Zoo, a tribute to American animals, opened to the public on June 25, 1992. It was the second of three 'city zoos' to be renovated and operated by Wildlife Conservation Society, through a partnership with the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.

Radio City Music Hall - America's most popular entertainers have thrilled audiences at Radio City Music Hall since its doors opened December 27, 1932. Radio City Music Hall is also home to the world-famous Radio City Rockettes.

 Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises - Whether you are exploring New York for the first time, rediscovering your hometown or seeking a mini-vacation, a Circle Line cruise is a relaxing and fun way to see the world's most famous skyline. There are numerous cruises to choose from.

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture - The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is a national research library devoted to collecting, preserving and providing access to resources documenting the experiences of peoples of African descent throughout the world. The Schomburg Center contains over 5,000,000 items and provides services and programs for constituents from the United States and abroad.

Skyline Cruises - Skyline Cruises offers tours of all types, schools, international tourists, senior citizens, etc… completely customized to your specifications. Times, locations, food & beverage options, multi-lingual narration's and entertainment.

Snug Harbor Cultural Center - Snug Harbor is a cultural center set within an 83-acre National Historic Landmark district containing the finest collection of Greek Revival buildings in the United States, plus Beaux Arts, Italianate and Victorian style architecture. Snug Harbor is home to a variety of visual and performing arts.

Chelsea Piers Sports & Entertainment Complex - Chelsea Piers is a 30-acre entertainment complex offering bowling, golf club, roller rinks, sky rink, field house, health club, shopping, events and more.

Sony Wonder Technology Lab - Sony Wonder Technology Lab is a unique hands-on interactive experience which allows visitors of all ages to explore exhibits in audio, imaging, robotics, design and networks. The lab also offers a variety of workshops, movie screenings and special events.

South Street Seaport - South Street Seaport is one of New York City's premier attractions featuring a variety of shops, restaurants, activities and The South Street Seaport Museum.

Staten Island Botanical Garden - Nestled within the grounds of the Snug Harbor Cultural Center, The Staten Island Botanical Garden with its Victorian charm and stately elegance is a 'must visit' that should be on every tourists' list. The Staten Island Botanical Garden offers 90 acres featuring gardens, ponds, wetlands and forests.

Caribbean Cultural Center - The Caribbean Cultural Center houses a resource and research center, an art gallery, and an international gift shop that features books, music and video recordings, handcrafted jewelry, instruments and other authentic art from throughout the African Diaspora.

Staten Island Zoo - For over half a century generations of families have enjoyed frequent visits to the Staten Island Zoo because there is so much to see, so much to learn, and so much to love.

Ukrainian Museum - The Ukrainian Museum maintains collections of folk art, fine arts, and photographic/documentary as well as permanent, changing and traveling exhibits.

United Nations Tours - Guided tours of the United Nations offer a brief overview of the Organization and its structure. The main part of the tour consists of a visit to the chambers of the Security Council, the Trusteeship Council and the Economic and Social Council, which are located in the Conference Building.

Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts - The Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts is a performing arts center featuring plays, concerts and performances throughout the year.

Walking Tours of Hassidic Crown Heights - The Hassidic Discovery Center gives you a unique opportunity to learn and discover the mystery of Hassidic Life, not from outsiders, but by the Hassidic Jews themselves.

NYC Parks & Recreation - New York City’s municipal park system offers more than 28,000 acres includes 980 playgrounds, 700 playing fields, 550 tennis courts, 43 swimming pools, 35 recreation and senior centers, 14 miles of beaches, 13 golf courses, 6 ice rinks, 4 major stadiums, and 4 zoos.

NY Waterway-Ferry & Sightseeing Cruises - Only NY Waterway offers you the most unique cruises in New York. Whether you are a visitor, entertaining out-of-town guests, or you just want to see a different side of New York, sightseeing cruises offers something for everyone.

Noble Maritime Collection - The Noble Maritime Collections includes an education program with art, history, drama, music, and boat trips to the ships' graveyards of New York.

New York Transit Museum - The New York Transit Museum is home to 100 years of transit lore and memorabilia. The Museum is housed in an authentic 1930s subway station containing vintage subway and elevated cars, antique turnstiles, a working signal tower, and much more.

New York Stock Exchange - The NYSE Interactive Education Center informs and educates the general public, and offers an exciting view of the world's leading securities market in action. View the trading floor, watch a video about the NYSE market system, use interactive displays and retrieve up-to-the-minute financial information on stocks and bonds from market data terminals.

New York Skyride - Located inside the Empire State Building, the New York SKYRIDE is an action-packed, big screen simulated thrill ride that journeys over, under, and through some of New York City's most famous sights.

Metropolitan Museum of Art - The Metropolitan Museum of Art features a collection which now contains more than two million works of art from all points of the compass, ancient through modern times.

New York Public Library - The New York Public Library contains more materials than any other public library in the nation, it is also the largest research library with a circulating system in the world. The Library offers a variety of changing exhibitions and the landmark Beaux Arts building.

New York Mercantile Exchange - The New York Mercantile Exchange is the world's largest physical commodity futures exchange, and the preeminent trading forum for energy, and precious metals, in North America. The Exchange features a museum, gift shop and groups tours are also available.

New York Hall of Science - Enjoy more than 225 hands-on exhibits at one of America's premier science and technology museums and have a fun-filled educational experience while learning about sound, light, optical illusions, motion, biochemistry, and much more! Ages 6 and up can learn physics on a 30,000.sq.ft outdoor Science Playground.

Lower East Side Tenement Museum - The Lower East Side Tenement Museum preserves and interprets the history of immigrants from many nations who lived on NY's Lower E Side.

New York City Fire Museum - The New York City Fire Museum displays one of the most comprehensive collections of fire-related art and artifacts from Colonial times to the present.

New York Botanical Garden - One of the oldest and largest botanical gardens in the world, The New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx is a museum of plants and a National Historic Landmark with 250 acres of gorgeous grounds, 48 gardens and plant collections, as well as thousands of shrubs and trees, 40-acres of the Forest that once covered all of New York, and the spectacular Enid A. Haupt Conservatory.

New York Aquarium - Situated on 14 acres by the sea in Coney Island, the New York Aquarium is home to over 350 species of aquatic wildlife and over 8,000 specimens.

Lazer Park - Lazer Park features the largest state of the art Laser tag arena in New York City, the exciting competition of BATTLETECH®, the ultimate virtual reality game, and the latest in video redemption prize games.

New Museum of Contemporary Art - Founded in 1977, the New Museum is the premier contemporary art museum in New York City and among the most important internationally. The New Museum is the only place where the art is truly global, presenting an astonishing range of installations, videos, paintings, and sculptures from around the world.

National Museum of the American Indian - The museum's collections include more that 800,000 works of extraordinary aesthetic, religious, and historical significance, as well as articles produced for everyday, utilitarian use. The collections span all major culture areas of the Americas, representing virtually all tribes of the United States. Other collections include tribes from Canada, Middle and South   

Long Island

Long Island Wine Tours - LI Wine Tours is an exciting service offering the opportunity for Tastings and Tours to the outstanding Winery’s at the Eastern End of Long Island. Call us anytime at :(718)-WINE-TOURS & (718)-LI-WINE-TOURS.

Airport Playhouse - The Airport Playhouse is a year-round professional, not-for-profit theater offering an annual roster of 10 full scale productions and an array of children's programs, fund-raising activities, special events, dinner theater packages and theater classes.

Tilles Center for the Performing Arts - Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, on the C.W. Post campus of Long Island University in Brookville, is Long Island's premier concert hall. Tilles Center presents over 70 events each season in music, dance and theater, featuring world-renowned artists. The Center is also the theatrical home for many of Long Island's leading arts organizations, including the Long Island Philharmonic.

Stony Brook Village - Stony Brook Village is a quaint, colonial village with some 45 specialty shops, restaurants and services. Winding pathways are dotted with old fashioned street lamps adorned with hanging flower baskets. Perched in the pediment of the post office is a wood-carved mechanical eagle with a twenty-foot wing span.

Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research - The Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research conducts research and education programs about the region's marine habitats. It also operates whale watching and seal cruises each year.

Long Island Museum - The Long Island Museum features art, carriage and history museums on nine park-like acres in the historic village of Stony Brook, New York. Landscaped gardens frame 18th- and 19th-century buildings and a Gift and Book Shop.

Long Island Children's Museum - The Long Island Children's Museum is a hands-on museum for kids and their grownups. You'll find places to play, learn and have fun.

Long Island Adventureland - Since 1962 Adventureland has always been bringing new family fun each and every year to families throughout the Long Island and the Metro Area. Adventureland offers 25 rides, arcade, mini-golf and plenty of entertainment for the whole family.

Hofstra Museum - The Hofstra Museum is an educational institution committed to the collection, study, interpretation, conservation and exhibition of objects with aesthetic and cultural value. The Hofstra Museum is the custodian of the Museum's permanent collection of paintings, sculptures, works on paper, decorative arts, and ethnographic objects of African, Asian and pre-Columbian origin.

Guild Hall - Guild Hall serves its communities as a cultural center for the visual, performing and literary arts through providing an art exhibition program which addresses the cultural enrichment and educational needs of the community; theater programming which enlightens, educates and entertains; and events which link the museum and theater in thematic and interdisciplinary presentations.

Railroad Museum of Long Island - The Railroad Museum of Long Island is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of railroad history on Long Island. The museum features a variety of steam engines and diesel engines.

Greenport Harbor Tours - Enjoy Harbor Tours of Greenport, NY in the elegance of GLORY Long Island's Only Electric Powered Passenger Vessel.

Fun 4all, Inc. - Fun4all is half an acre of indoor, air-conditioned fun for children ages one to twelve with adult supervision. Fun4all features slides and towers, a rock wall climb, a basketball court, ball pits and tunnels, preschool play areas and a quiet area for younger adventurers, a huge indoor sand room, a convenient snack bar, game room with redemption, and more.

Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum - The Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum collects, preserves, and exhibits objects and documents pertinent to whaling, especially the regional whaling history of Long Island, whale conservation, and the history of Cold Spring Harbor as a maritime port.

BNL Science Museum - BNL's Science Museum offers hands-on science for students from first grade through eighth.

Long Island Game Farm - Come explore nature trails that lead to over 75 different species of exotic and domestic animals.  You'll see animals like Ringtailed Lemurs, buffalo, squirrel monkeys, cougars, giraffe, zebra, ostrich, and alligators.  Stop by one of the petting zoos and feed the baby animals or see a variety of newborns in the nursery.

Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery & Aquarium - The Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery & Aquarium center is dedicated to educating its visitors about the freshwater ecosystems of New York. The Hatchery is proud of having the largest living collection of New York State freshwater reptiles, fish and amphibians. Visitors are given a self guided tour sheet and can purchase food to feed the hungry trout.

Montauk Point Lighthouse Museum - Montauk Point Lighthouse is the oldest lighthouse in New York State. The Lighthouse was authorized by the Second Congress, under President George Washington in 1792. The museum which is located in the 1860 Keepers house, displays an assortment of many historical documents, and photographs.

Old Westbury Gardens - Designed in 1906 by the English designer George A. Crawley for Mr. and Mrs. John Shafer Phipps and their children, the magnificent Charles II-style mansion is nestled amid 150 acres, featuring carefully planned formal gardens and landscaped grounds interspersed with woodlands, ponds and lakes.

Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum - The Vanderbilt Museum features an elegant Mansion, a Marine Museum and natural history collections, a state-of-the-art Planetarium, and 43 acres of landscaped Park grounds.

Planting Fields Arboretum - Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park is one of the outstanding public gardens and historic estates in the United States. It serves as a quiet oasis for the contemplation as well as a site for cultural, architectural and horticultural activities. The arboretum is a natural sanctuary, a living outdoor classroom and a unique teaching facility for adults and children alike.

The Loft Theatre at Dowling College - Dowling College's Loft Theatre hosts several productions from September through June at the Performing Arts Center on the Oakdale, NY campus.  Most events are free and open to the public, however reservations are recommended.  For more information, call the box office at (631) 244-5037.

Hudson Valley  

Manitoga - Manitoga is the home and landscape created by Russel Wright. Manitoga offers 80 acres of nature hiking, picnicking and amazing views of the Hudson.

Institute of Ecosystem Studies - Located at the Mary Flagler Cary Arboretum, the Institute is internationally recognized for its ecology research and education. The Institute's strong commitment to public education is reflected in its regularly scheduled ecology programs and seminars as well as by free visitor access to display gardens, walking trails and a tropical greenhouse.

Hudson Valley Raptor Center - Located on 91 acres in the beautiful rolling hills of the Hudson Valley, approximately 100 miles north of New York City, the Center provides a clinic and numerous buildings to house recuperating birds. Visitors can enjoy flying demonstrations as well as meet and learn about the birds of prey.

Hudson River Museum - The Hudson River Museum is located in a beautiful 23 acre park facing one of the most magnificent riverscapes in the world. The museum houses six modern galleries, a restored 1876 Victorian mansion and the Andrus Planetarium.

Hudson River Maritime Museum - The Hudson River Maritime Museum is the only museum in New York State exclusively preserving the maritime history of the Hudson River, its tributaries, and the industries that developed around it.

Hudson River Cruises - For over twenty years, Hudson River Cruises has provided passengers the ability to view first hand shoreline that has remained virtually unchanged since the seventeenth century. During your cruise you will see millionaires' sumptuous estates, picturesque lighthouses and quaint sleepy villages surrounded by the natural beauty of vineyards, orchards and scenic preservation sites.

Hudson Highlands Cruises - Hudson Highlands Cruises offers three hour Hudson River cruises aboard historic vessels.

Helen Hayes Performing Arts Center - Named in honor of Helen Hayes MacArthur and in recognition of her extraordinary contribution to the American theater and to all performing arts. The historic center features musicals, plays, children's series and film series.

Harness Racing Museum and Hall of Fame - The Harness Racing Museum and Hall of Fame tells the story of harness racing. The facility also serves as a community cultural center and educational institution. Visitors can discover the thrill of harness racing with a 3-D simulator and a variety of computer interactive exhibits.

Hammond Museum and Japanese Stroll Garden - The Hammond Museum & Japanese Stroll Garden was founded in 1957 as a not-for-profit center for the humanities. Through programs and events, music and art, the Museum seeks to provide links between the East and the West. In addition, the 3 acre Japanese Stroll Garden is a unique public garden in Westchester County.

Gomez Mill House - Gomez Mill House is the oldest house on the Historic Register in Orange County and is the earliest extant Jewish residence in America. Gomez Mill House offers a variety of lectures, children and family events and art exhibits.

Emelin Theatre for the Performing Arts - The Emelin Theatre is non-profit institution dedicated to enriching the lives of Westchester residents with a full range of performing arts programs including concerts, plays, film, dance and a variety of children's events.

Shadowland Theatre - Dedicated to high-quality, challenging productions, Shadowland is located in the charming village of Ellenville, in Ulster County NY. The theatre feature five plays showcasing the best of contemporary theatre and playwrights.

Arm-of-the-Sea Theater - Each performance by the Arm-of-the-Sea Theater celebrates and defends the beauty of this living planet, whose multi-faceted images are explore through a large-scale, highly visual style of theater that incorporates Masks, Puppets and Live Music.

Bardavon 1869 Opera House - For more than 130 years the Bardavon Opera House has presented legendary performances to the Hudson Valley. The oldest continuously operating theatre in New York State and among the oldest in the nation, the Bardavon has long been considered the cultural jewel of the region.

Caramoor Center for Music and Arts - Caramoor Center for Music and Arts is a Mediterranean-style mansion set on 100 acres of formal gardens and woodlands. Visitors can enjoy some of the world's greatest Classical and Jazz performances. The center also features an International Music Festival during the summer.

Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck - The Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck is dedicated to presenting, promoting, and providing educational experiences in multiple forms of the performing arts and manifold styles of expression. The center features plays, musicals, dance concerts, lectures, stage readings and workshops.

D&H Canal Museum - Maintained by the D&H Canal Historical Society whose purpose is to preserve, protect and perpetuate the unique history of the Delaware and Hudson Canal particularly in Ulster County, the museum features diagrams, photographs, working technological models, maps and artifacts that tell the story of the D&H Canal.

Dutchess County Fairgrounds - Sponsored by the Dutchess County Agricultural Society, the Fairgrounds are host to the second largest agricultural fair in New York State and a variety of events from April to November. The Fairgrounds is situated on 140 acres and features Antiques Shows, a Sheep and Wool Festival, an antique Car Show, the Iroquois Indian Festival and more.

Boscobel - Boscobel is situated on the east bank of the Hudson River opposite the United States Military Academy at West Point. The mansion and surrounding grounds have panoramic views of the Hudson Highlands and the river. Guided tour of the mansion are available April through December.

Locust Grove, the Samuel Morse Historic Site - Overlooking the Hudson River in Poughkeepsie, NY, the 150 acre estate of Samuel F.B. Morse includes an Italianate villa designed by Alexander Jackson Davis containing extensive collections of American and European decorative and fine arts. Three miles of carriage roads wind through landscaped grounds, romantic gardens and shady groves.

West Point Military Academy - The nation's oldest service academy has operated since 1802.  A Visitors Center and the West Point Museum are open to the general public on a daily basis. The museum features what is considered to be the oldest and largest diversified public collection of miltaria in the Western Hemisphere.

Wilderstein - Wilderstein features a historic Victorian house surrounded by 40 acres of trails overlooking the Hudson River.

Clermont State Historic Site - Clermont State Historic Site was the Hudson River seat of New York's politically and socially prominent Livingston family. Seven successive generations of the family left their imprint on the site's architecture, room interiors, and landscape. Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1973, Clermont is also an anchor in the 1990 Hudson River National Landmark District.

Van Cortlandt Manor - Working estate and elegant country house that brings the new nation period vividly to life. Van Cortlandt Manor is situated on the banks of the Croton River. Guides dressed in the clothing styles of the Federal period escort visitors through the property.

Mid-Hudson Civic Center - The Center is conveniently located mid-way between NY City and Albany on the banks of the beautiful Hudson River. The facility is the site of performances by international and world famous artists of all varieties, as well as a community meeting place and recreational ice skating facility.

Storm King Art Center - Storm King Art Center is a museum that celebrates the relationship between sculpture and nature. Five hundred acres of landscaped lawns, fields and woodlands provide the site for postwar sculptures by internationally renowned artists.

Cedar Grove, The Thomas Cole National Historic Site - Set high on a hill overlooking the Catskill mountains Cole celebrated in his paintings, Cedar Grove now looks much as it did in the artist's time. Guided tours lead visitors through the house today, which includes period furnishings and a few of Cole's personal belongings and paintings.

Unison Arts and Learning Center - Unison Arts and Learning Center is a non-profit arts center offering performance and visual arts programming, personal growth workshops and recreational, arts and educational activities for children and families.

Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC) - UPAC is a historic 1500 seat Broadway Theater featuring concerts, drama, comedy, opera and musicals.

Trolley Museum - The Trolley Museum of New York features a variety of static displays of trolley, subway and rapid transit cars from the United States and Europe. The museum also offers an excursion ride that runs 1 1/2 miles from the foot of Broadway in downtown Kingston, New York, to picnic grounds on the shore of the Hudson River.

American Museum of Firefighting - The American Museum of Firefighting features one of the largest collections in the world of firefighting equipment, apparatus, art and other related objects.  117 Harry Howard Avenue, Hudson.  (518) 828-7695.

Splash Down Park - Splash Down Park is a family waterpark featuring waterslides, kiddie slides, water spray areas, miniature Golf, water balloon games and plenty of picnic areas.

Southeast Museum - Established in 1963, the Southeast Museum offers exhibits on the history of the Town of Southeast, including the early American Circus, the Harlem Line Railroad, the Tilly Foster Mine, the Borden Milk Condensery, and the Croton Reservoir System.

Shaker Museum and Library - Housing over 18,500 objects, the Shaker Museum and Library preserves, collects and interprets one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of Shaker artifacts.

Greenburgh Nature Center - Greenburgh Nature Center features a 33 acre woodland preserve, with live animals, a museum, a greenhouse with botanical exhibits, and a hands-on discovery room.

Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art - The Museum is dedicated to collecting, researching, interpreting, and exhibiting works of art from diverse cultures. The permanent collection spans a period of almost 4,000 years. Areas of specialization include 20th century prints and paintings, Asian art, Pre-Columbian art and artifacts, decorative arts (metals), and photographs.

Rockland Center for the Arts - Tucked away on a scenic plot of 10 wooded acres in West Nyack NY is Rockland Center for the Arts, - it's mission: to serve the community with excellence in the arts. Music concerts, exhibitions, art classes, children's activities, and arts-in-education programs have opened the world of art to people of all ages and backgrounds.

River Valley Tour - Spend a week on America's most important river getting to know her as few people ever do. Head northward up the mighty Hudson aboard the Crescent visiting the historic sites of Ossining, Philipsburg Manor, Union Church of Pocantico Hills, Bear Mountain, Washington Irving's home at Sunnyside, West Point, Boscobel, just a few of the places you'll see.

Playland - Playland Park features arcade games and 45 major rides for children and adults, including roller coasters, vertical thrills, log flume, and plenty of twists, turns and shouts. The Park also offers a beach and boardwalk, swimming pool, lake boating and kayaking, picnic area, miniature golf and ice-skating.

Performing Arts Center at Purchase College - For more than two decades, The Performing Arts Center at Purchase College, State University of New York, has continued to provide residents of Westchester, Fairfield, and the surrounding areas with diverse performing arts programs of the highest caliber.

Paramount Center for the Arts - Historic theater featuring live performances, films, gallery showings and educational programs for schools.

Opus 40 and Quarryman's Museum - Opus 40 is a six acre environmental bluestone sculpture built from an abandoned quarry by Harry Fite. The Quarryman's Museum house Fite's collection of quarryman's tools and artifacts.

Hudson Valley Children's Museum - The Hudson Valley Children's Museum located in historic Nyack, encourages kids to explore and learn in a safe, innovative environment. The museum offers over 10 exciting exhibits.

Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome Museum - The Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome presents antique airplanes in their natural setting and recaptures the thrill and excitement of old-time flying from the period of 1900 to 1940.

Neversink Valley Area Museum - Work a bilge pump or tiller on our full-size canal boat replica, watch a working canal lock model, hear canal songs, explore canal remains and imagine what it was like to live along the canal over a century ago at the Neversink Valley Area Museum.

Neuberger Museum of Art - The Neuberger Museum of Art is Westchester County's premier museum of 20th century modern and contemporary art. A visit to the Neuberger offers viewers insights into the work of 20th Century masters, emerging artists and cutting edge innovators.

The Mac-Haydn Theater - The Mac-Haydn Theatre is home to the great American musical. The theatre is dedicated to presenting and preserving musical theatre, the only truly American theatrical art form. Since 1969, The Mac-Haydn Theatre has been bringing musicals to life in a unique, intimate, charming 350-seat theatre-in-the-round, where every seat is less than 30 feet from the stage!

Mid-Hudson Children's Museum - At the Mid-Hudson Children's Museum you'll find over 50 'hands-on' exhibits for children and adults to explore together, weekly programs, playgroups, guided educational tours, birthday parties, summer camp, museum store and special events.

Lyndhurst - America's finest Gothic Revival mansion and a remarkable example of the Hudson River's grand and historic estates. Lyndhurst has always been a place to escape the city and to enjoy the spectacular beauty of the Hudson River and the peaceful surroundings of the country.

Museum Village - Museum Village is a living history museum for families, students, and teachers. A variety of exhibits, living history demonstrations and special events related to 19th century life and work are held throughout the year featuring costumed villagers.

Olana State Historic Site - 250-acre historic estate of Frederic Edwin Church, 19th-century Hudson River School artist. Today, you can tour the house and stroll the grounds of the site hailed by many as the queen of Hudson Valley estates.

Eisenhower Hall Theatre - For more than 25 years Eisenhower Hall Theatre at West Point has been the Hudson Valley's premier home for the performing arts. The massive (193,000 sq ft) red brick venue is situated on the West bank of the picturesque Hudson Highlands on the historic grounds of the United States Military Academy.

Montgomery Place - A National Historic Landmark, Montgomery Place is an extraordinary 434-acre Hudson River estate with magnificent views of the Hudson River and the Catskill Mountains. It is located on historic River Road in the hamlet of Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, just north of the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge.

Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts - Located at Bard College, the Frank Gehry–designed center provides audiences with a world-class complex that inspires risk-taking performances and provocative programs in orchestral, chamber, and jazz music and theater, dance, and opera by American and international artists.

Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site - The Vanderbilt Estate in Hyde Park, New York is perhaps the best, most intact example of the types of estates constructed by wealthy industrialists in the 19th century. The fully-furnished, 54-room mansion is placed in a wondrous landscape with breathtaking views of the Hudson River and distant Catskill Mountains. If offers a glimpse into a past world known by only an elite few.

Sugar Loaf Craft Village - Historic Village is nestled in scenic Warwick Valley, only 60 miles from New York City, and is an interesting mix of practicing artisans, eclectic shops and galleries. Established in the early 1700's, many of the buildings are still being used today. The village of working craftspeople features over 50 galleries, studios and shops full of interesting and unusual hand made items. 

Catskills

Delaware and Ulster Railride - The Delaware and Ulster is an excursion train that combines railroad nostalgia with scenic rides through New York's legendary Catskill Mountains.

Empire State Railway Museum - ESRM is dedicated to bringing alive the history of these railroads, their people and the towns they served, to the residents and visitors of the Catskill Mountains and the greater Hudson Valley.

Forestburgh Playhouse - Nestled in the heart of Sullivan County, New York, the Forestburgh Playhouse has been bringing professional quality theatre to the beautiful Catskill Mountains every summer since 1947.

The Eagle Institute - The Eagle Institute is a non-profit organization dedicated to the protection of bald eagles and other birds of prey. The institute offers eagle watching in their natural habitat, slide presentations and field trips.

Healing Waters Farms - Healing Waters Farms is a glimpse of Catskill country life at its finest. The property features a restored 19th-century dairy barn overlooking a beautiful valley just west of Walton and three unique shops: Herbs & Arts, The Tack Shop and Country Manor Antiques.

Woodstock - Woodstock is a colony of the arts and home to some of the most creative people in the universe. Woodstock offers unusual performance venues, small galleries, offbeat museums, quality craft shops, even a gold-domed monastery plus superb leaf-peeping and skiing.

Zoom Flume Water Park - Zoom Flume, the Catskills' largest water park, offers safe fun, excitement and relaxation for all ages in a beautiful natural setting.

Honest Brook Music Festival - The Honest Brook Music Festival was founded in 1989 to provide residents and visitors of Delaware and surrounding counties with the unique opportunity of hearing first-rate classical music performances in the rural setting of a preserved dairy barn in the Catskill Mountains.

Maverick Concert Hall - Maverick Concert Hall is a historic, rustic concert hall in a woodland setting. The hall offers a variety of chamber and children concerts.

Hanford Mills Museum - Explore America's industrial past. Situated in the northern Catskills, Hanford Mills Museum is a working saw and grist mill powered by a Fitz overshot waterwheel. The Museum also features tours of the John Hanford Farmstead and a gasoline powered engine and dynamo.

Apple Pond Farming Center - Apple Pond Farming Center is a horse-powered, organic farm located in the Catskill Mountains of Sullivan County. The center offers family farm vacations, a comprehensive program of horse services & educational programs for schools, camps and families.

Capital-Saratoga  

The Egg - In New York's Capital Region stands one of the most beguiling structures of them all. The Egg hovers dramatically at the Empire State Plaza against a downtown landscape rich in architectural marvels. The Egg offers music, theater, dance, family entertainment and special attractions.

Saratoga Performing Arts Center - Performances throughout the summer including the New York City Ballet, The Philadelphia Orchestra, the Saratoga Chamber Music Festival, Lake George Opera Festival, Freihofer's Jazz Festival and other special events.

Albany Center Galleries - Founded by Leslie Urbach in 1977, the mission of the Albany Center Galleries is to exhibit the work of the serious contemporary Artists of the Hudson-Mohawk region and to build a large and knowledgeable visual arts audience.

Eagle Mills Cider Co. - A visit to Eagle Mills is a step back in time. Pan for amethyst, rubies and other gems at Eagle Mills Gem Mine...watch the Water Wheel as it goes into action, powering the Cider Mill and Press...meander across the nostalgic Covered Bridge...or just relax 'down by the Old Mill Stream' and Mill Pond with a glass of Eagle Mills sweet cider and a hot cider donut from the Bakery.

Albany County Convention & Visitor's Bureau - Albany County offers the finest thoroughbred racing, outdoor activities, historic riverboats, family festivals, and the living history, architecture, and hospitality of New York 's Capital Region.

Champlain Canal Byway - Site of the Battles at Saratoga, 1777, Champlain Canal Byway travel and vacation tour combines Revolutionary War history with Upper Hudson River recreation and canal boat cruising including Saratoga National Historical Park, Saratoga National Cemetery, Saratoga Monument and picturesque river towns from Waterford to Whitehall.

Troy Savings Bank Music Hall - The Troy Savings Bank Music Hall is one of the world's most celebrated concert halls, and features top artists in jazz, classical and acoustic music.

Brookside Museum - As the home of the Saratoga County Historical Society, Brookside Museum inspires community memories by telling the story of Saratoga County through interactive and engaging programs and exhibits.

Proctor's Theatre - Fully restored 1926 Vaudeville era theatre presenting Broadway musicals, popular music, dance and movies.

Gardenworks - The Gardenworks Farm is a great part of any day. Weekend floral classes are fun-filled lessons in creating wreaths and designs with their big selection of dried flowers.

New York State Museum - The New York State Museum is the place where people go to discover why New York is called the Empire State. Today, the State Museum's collections number more than five million artifacts and specimens.

Petrified Sea Gardens - The Petrified Sea Gardens is a fossilized Stromatolite (cyanobacteria) ocean-reef 500 million-years-old, a time when the land that is now Saratoga Springs was at the shore of a warm tropical sea.

USS Slater (DE-766) - Of the 565 destroyer escorts produced in World War II, USS SLATER (DE-766) is the only one remaining afloat in the United States, and the only one with original battle armament and configuration. These trim but deadly warships had the duty of looking out for enemy submarines and kamikazes as they escorted ship convoys across the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.

Pember Museum of Natural History - The Pember Museum of Natural History and the Pember Nature Preserve offer lectures, field trips, environmental studies, tours, hikes, day camps, outreach and many other special programs.

The Ndakinna Wilderness Project - Offering educational wilderness adventures to people of all ages who wish to truly experience and learn more about the natural world.

Berkshire Bird Paradise - Golden Eagles, Bald Eagles, Peregrine Falcons, Owls, Hawks, Seagulls, Emu, NYC Chickens and Pigeons and over 1000 other residents make the Berkshire Bird Paradise one of the largest Bird Sanctuaries in the country.

National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame - The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame is located in Saratoga Springs, across from the historic Saratoga Race Course, the oldest operating track in the country. The museum covers 300 years of thoroughbred racing history and offers interactive programs, discovery paddock and tours.

Junior Museum - The Junior Museum mission has been to provide fun and exciting hands-on learning opportunities in science, history and the arts for children and families.

The MAiZE at Liberty Ridge Farm - The MAiZE is a 10 acre corn field maze located in Schaghticoke.

Saratoga Polo - From the dust of over 2,000 years of history, polo, the game of kings gallops toward the next millennium. For the past 100 years, polo ponies have thundered up and down the fields of the Saratoga Polo Club, leaving an impact as exciting as in the times of warriors and princes.

Crystal Grove Diamond Mine & Campground - Whether you go for a day of Herkimer diamond-digging adventure or a unique camping experience, your visit to Crystal Grove Diamond Mine & Campground will surely be a memorable one.

Slate Valley Museum - The Slate Valley Museum offers exhibits of historic artifacts from the area's renowned slate quarries and manufacturing companies. The museum also features displays revealing the science and art of slate quarrying, and its influence on the Slate Valley culture.

New York State Theater Institute - The Institute's mission is to produce professional theatre of the highest artistic standards and to use its productions as a means of teaching within the school curriculum.

Adirondacks  

Lake Placid Center for the Arts - The Lake Placid Center for the Arts is a theater, art gallery, and a 355-seat performing arts center.

Lake George Steamboat Cruises - The Lake George Steamboat Company offers a variety of Cruises on their 3 large cruise ships, The Minne-Ha-Ha, a authentic Paddlewheeler, The Mohican and the Lake's largest cruise ship, The Lac du Saint Sacrement. From 1 hour cruises to the only complete tour of historic and scenic Lake George, The Queen of American Lakes.

Ausable Chasm - Ausable Chasm offers a variety of geological wonders. Known as the East's only natural water park, activities include nature trails, scenic vistas, rafting on the Ausable River, camping, picnicking and lots more.

Adirondack Park Visitor Interpretive Centers - Open year-round, these facilities serve the 6 million-acre park as environmental education and traveler orientation centers. Indoor exhibits on natural history are complemented by regular showings of multi-image presentations on the park. Youngsters will find 'touch tables,' games and puzzles to spark their interest in the region's animals, insects and plants.

High Falls Gorge - In the shadow of Whiteface Mountain, you can take a nature walk to view the Ausable River as it spills over ancient granite cliffs. Sturdy bridges, walkways and groomed paths provide safe access to breathtaking views and photographic vantage points.

Enchanted Forest Water Safari - New York's largest water theme park featuring water slides, rides, kid rides, shops, amusement rides and entertainment for the entire family.

Skateland Entertainment Center - Located in Glenn Falls, Skateland Entertainment Center offers waterslides, roller skating, go-karts, laser tag and more.

Fort Ticonderoga - Fort Ticonderoga visitors enter the garrison grounds through iron gates, and drive through the Carillon Battlefield, the site of the greatest French victory of the Seven Years War as well as the subsequent battles during the French & Indian and American Revolutionary wars.

Upper Hudson River Railroad - Enjoy the breathtaking Adirondack scenery as this scenic train winds along the Hudson River to the picturesque train station at Riverside.

The Adirondack Museum - On thirty-two acres overlooking Blue Mountain Lake, the museum’s setting is inseparable from the natural beauty surrounding it. Its twenty-two indoor and outdoor exhibits tell of the people who have inhabited and visited this land of forests, lakes, and mountains since the early 1800s.

Glens Falls Civic Center - The Glens Falls Civic Center is the home of sports and entertainment for residents of the Southern Adirondack, Saratoga, and Capital District Regions of New York State, as well as eastern Vermont. This highly versatile multi-purpose complex includes an arena for sporting events, concerts, family activities, dance, theater, and trade shows.

Lake Placid Winter Olympic Museum - Explore the legacy of the 1932 and 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games in many great exhibits, which include video highlights, athletes' uniforms and equipment, and historical information about all of the area's Olympic sites.

Six Flags The Great Escape & Splashwater Kingdom - Great Escape offers over 125 rides, shows and attractions. Splashwater Kingdom is a great escape into an oasis of fun and thrills with an array of water activities for the whole family.

Waterslide World - With its wide variety of activities and highly trained staff, Water Slide World is a water park designed and operated for the family. Water Slide World is the #1 water park on the East Coast, with over 35 water slides, attractions and services.

Magic Forest - Magic Forest Park lies one mile south of Lake George Village and is the perfect destination for a family visiting the Adirondack Park. With 25 rides including the Safari Ride, three shows, live animals and theme trails, Magic Forest provides a whole day's entertainment.

Akwesasne Cultural Center - The Akwesasne Cultural Center has been a community effort of concerned Native American people to help themselves preserve their culture and fulfill the educational need of future generations. Exhibits portray the continuing cultural heritage of the Akwesasne Mohawk people. Includes clothing, tools, beadwork and a collection of Mohawk basketry.

The Hyde Collection Art Museum - The Hyde Collection Art Museum is the result of 50 years of avid and highly informed art collecting during the first half of the twentieth century by Louis and Charlotte Hyde. The museum features an extraordinary collection of European and American art, including works by Raphael, da Vinci, Rubens, Rembrandt, Renoir, and Picasso.

Chapman Historical Museum - Located near downtown Glens Falls, The Chapman Historical Museum presents the history of the Glens Falls-Queensbury community and its connection to the Adirondack region. By encouraging discovery, understanding, and appreciation of the region’s heritage, the museum provides perspective for the present and the future.

Adirondack Scenic Railroad - Experience the Adirondack wilderness, railroad adventure riding in vintage coaches or in the open fresh air cars through remote forests, past sparkling rivers, ponds and streams, into the magnificent beauty of the Adirondack Park.

Farmer's Boy Home (The Almanzo Wilder Farm) - Located on the Stacy Road in the town of Burke, the birthplace of the nine-year-old boy depicted in the classic story, Farmer Boy. Almanzo Wilder is the leading character in the true-life story that introduced generations

Thousand Islands-Seaway

Uncle Sam Boat Tours - Uncle Sam Boat Tours offers sightseeing tours of the Thousand Islands region as well as luncheon, dinner and chartered cruises.

Thousand Islands Museum - Thousand Islands Museum is located in the Town Hall/Opera House built in 1903. The turn of the century exhibits display life along the St. Lawrence River and the Thousand Islands. History programs, live performances and historical artifacts make this turn of the century museum a place 'where history continues.'

The New York State Living Museum - The NYS Living Museum is dedicated to excellence in environmental education, conservation and family recreation. The Museum features North American animals in their native habitats, a children's zoo, educational programs, and special events for the entire family.

St. Lawrence-FDR Power Project - The St. Lawrence-FDR Power Project offers a visitors center which features hands-on displays and computer games to teach people about electricity, films, an observation deck 116 feet above the St. Lawrence River and other energy related exhibits.

Boldt Castle - Boldt Castle is a Rhineland castle built by George C. Boldt in Alexandria Bay, on Picturesque Heart Island as a display of his love for his wife, Louise. The structure is a six story, 120 room castle, complete with tunnels, a powerhouse, Italian gardens, a drawbridge, and a dovecote. The castle is open for self-guided tours from mid-May through mid-October.

Aqua Zoo - The Aqua Zoo in Alexandria Bay has over 300 varieties of marine life on display in over 20 exhibits and more than 10,000 gallons of fresh and sea water, the Aqua Zoo is one of the largest privately owned aquariums of its kind in the United States or Canada.

Antique Boat Museum - As one of the largest freshwater boating museum's in the country, the Antique Boat Museum features over 200 boats, a motor collection dating back to the 1800,s and an artifact collection which includes boat furniture, equipment and hardware, boat building molds, plans and prints, paintings, models, half-hulls, woodworking tools and fishing equipment.  

Central-Leatherstocking  

Northgate Speedway - New York's only recreational indoor and outdoor go-kart racing facility. Nine different style karts and four different track configurations are available for your racing pleasure.

Howe Caverns - Howe Caverns is a premier attraction which provides unparalleled cavern adventures designed to enlighten, entertain, and educate. Visitors can take a journey 156 feet (48 meters) underground to discover a prehistoric world formed millions of years ago.

Glimmerglass Opera - The mission of the Glimmerglass Operas is to produce new, little known, and familiar operas and works of music theater in innovative productions which capitalize on the intimacy and natural setting of The Alice Busch Opera theater.

Hyde Hall - Hyde Hall is a stunning reminder of a bygone American era when families of English aristocracy established vast estates in the former colonies. The house itself may well be the finest example of neoclassic country mansions anywhere in America.

International Boxing Hall of Fame - The mission of the International Boxing Hall Of Fame is to honor and preserve boxing's rich heritage, chronicle the achievements of those who excelled and provide an educational experience for its many visitors.

Iroquois Indian Museum - The Museum introduces the public to Iroquois by featuring their art, past and present, as a window into their culture. As an anthropological institution, it is informed by archeology, history, and research on the common creative spirit of modern artists and craftspeople.

Mohawk Valley Ballet - Mohawk Valley Ballet is a regional dance company located in Utica. The performances feature some of Central New York's most promising dancers.

National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum - The Baseball Hall of Fame features baseball artifacts, works of art, literature, photographs, memorabilia and related materials which focus on the history of the game over time, its players, and those elected to the Hall of Fame.

National Soccer Hall of Fame - Designed as a sports museum and interactive 'Kicks Zone' visitors will see and hear the little known, fascinating story of soccer and get in the action with hands-on, feet-on interactivities that have visitors actually kicking and heading balls as well as being challenged with custom designed computer games.

Fly Creek Cider Mill & Orchard - This turn-of-the-century water-powered mill is a fascinating family attraction located in the heart of New York State just minutes from Cooperstown. Sample a wide variety of taste treats in the Snack Barn featuring old-fashioned cider mill donuts, hearty chili, daily soup specials, hot spiced cider, hot dogs, apple pie a la mode, cider floats and more.

Anderson Center for the Arts - The Anderson Center consists of the Concert Theater, Chamber Hall and the Don A. Watters Theater. The complex is designed to meet the needs of every performing group -- soloists, chamber ensembles, symphonies, dance, or large theatrical productions complemented by a full-scale orchestra.

The Farmer's Museum - Turn back the pages of time to 1845 when you stroll through the historic village and working farm. Meet the craftspeople who continue the traditions of tradesmen from the 19th century, learn about life on the farm firsthand, and experience the celebrations and day-to-day routines of rural Americans.

Erie Canal Village - Erie Canal Village is an outdoor living history museum. It is a constructed 19th century settlement near the site where on July 4, 1817, the first shovelful of earth was turned for the construction of the original Erie Canal.

East Coast Terminal - East Coast Terminal is one of the largest indoor skateparks on the east coast with over 30,000 square feet of space dedicated to skateboard, in-line or BMX enthusiasts.

The Discovery Center - The Discovery Center offers children the opportunity to develop the intellectual, physical, and emotional well being through participatory exhibits and programs. These exhibits engage the senses, challenge the mind and offer a diverse framework for discovery in the Humanities, Arts and Sciences.

Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley Railway - In an area rich with railroad history the Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley Railroad takes visitors back in time with vintage rail cars and locomotives through the scenic wilderness of the Upper Susquehanna River Valley. The Railroad crosses the river twice over two steel-truss bridges, and travels through a variety of landscapes, including forests, wetlands and agricultural land.

Cider Mill Playhouse - The Cider Mill Playhouse features plays in an operating cider mill.

Roberson Museum and Science Center - The Roberson Museum and Science Center features a variety of creative, hands-on learning experiments, a science gallery, exhibits and more.

Buck Hill Farm - Buck Hill Farm offers is a maple syrup production farm offering some of the best tasting syrup in the world. The farm also offers pancake breakfasts and a gift shop.

Cherry Valley Museum - The Museum houses a large collection of artifacts which displays much of the history of the Cherry Valley and surrounding areas.

Ross Park Zoo - Ross Park Zoo sits tucked into the northern face of Binghamton's South Mountain. The zoo officially opened in 1875, and it is the fifth oldest zoological institution in the country.

Utica Zoo - Located in Roscoe Conkling Park, the Utica Zoo offers a collection of 200 animals located in 30 acres of developed land.

Children's Museum of Utica - The Children's Museum of Utica is a hands-on learning center with emphasis on local history, environmental science and the arts. Three floors encompassing a total of 18,000.

Fenimore Art Museum - The Fenimore Art Museum features changing exhibitions that explore the history and themes of America's finest art.

Blenheim-Gilboa Power Project - State-of-the-art exhibits and interactive displays demonstrate how power is made and how it’s used. Video and computer technology help explain the science of energy and electricity to children and adults alike.

Sylvan Lake Amusement Park - Located On the Shore Of Beautiful Oneida Lake, Sylvan Lake Amusement Park offers rides, games, shops and food.

Fort Rickey Children's Discovery Zoo - Fort Rickey is a special type of zoo dedicated to children and offers three distinct experiences....wild animals, wild play and wild water and all three offer opportunities for exploration and interaction.

Kopernik Space Education Center - The Kopernik Space Education Center is New York State's first science laboratory facility designed for K-12 teachers, students and their families. Facilities include 3 Observatory Telescopes, Physics/Laser Lab, 20 Acre Dark Site, Computer Imaging Lab, Earthquake Station and lots more.

Broome-Tioga Sports Center - Hurricane Hills & Broome-Tioga Sports Centers are off-road racing facilities promoting a variety of events including, Motorcycle Motocross Events, ATV Motocross Events, Motorcycle & ATV Hare Scramble events, Snowmobile Sno-Cross, Snowmobile Grass & Snow Drags, Automobile Demolition Derbies, Car & Street Rod Shows, and Music Concerts.

The Science Discovery Center of Oneonta - A 'hands-on' science museum for all ages.

Secret Caverns - Located 35 miles west of Albany, Secret Caverns offer 45 minute tours that give an intimate view of ancient calcite formations, prehistoric fossils, and a spectacular 100 foot underground waterfall.

Petrified Creatures Museum of Natural History - The Petrified Creatures Museum of Natural History is a hands-on discovery center where you can actually learn about fossils, then dig for fossils and keep what you find free. All this while roaming through a nature path filled with life sized dinosaur statues.

Game it Family Fun Center - GAME-IT! Family Fun Center specializes in family entertainment and offer 6 unique attractions: mini golf, tunnel & tube adventure, bumper buggies, baseball batting cages and training facility, laser tag, and over 60 action/skill games.

Finger Lakes  

Seaway Trail - The New York State Seaway Trail is a 454 mile scenic route paralleling Lake Erie, the Niagara River, Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. The trail will take you to sophisticated cities, quaint villages, fishing ports, and dozens of family attractions, restaurants, accommodations and shops.

Sciencenter of Ithaca - The Center houses over 100 exhibits and a museum store that make learning about science fun.

Strong Museum - The Strong Museum is the nation's leading hands-on history center for families and children located in downtown Rochester, New York.

Susan B. Anthony House - The Susan B. Anthony House was the home of the legendary American civil rights leader during the most politically active period of her life, and the site of her famous arrest for voting in 1872.

Alleyway Theatre - Founded in 1980, the Alleyway Theatre's programming includes 4 to 5 premiere productions, educational workshops, the annual Maxim Mazumdar New Play Competition, plus annual productions of Buffalo Quickies (festival of one-acts), A Christmas Carol, and The Road To Bethlehem.

RMSC Museum - The Museum offers three floors of interactive exhibits on science and technology as well as a four story high planetarium dome.

Rosamond Gifford Zoo at Burnet Park - The adventure never ends at Syracuse's #1 family attraction. The zoo features over 600 animals in diverse habitats ranging from the tropics to the woodlands. Open year round, the zoo features amazing indoor and outdoor exhibits with many opportunities for fun and discovery.

Tioga Scenic Railroad - Escape from the ordinary and experience the nostalgia of the golden age of railroading aboard a Tioga Scenic Railroad Excursion.

Tanglewood Nature Center - Tanglewod Nature Center offers 16 acres of the forest for environmental education. The Center offers a variety of programs, displays and hands-on activities for visitors of all ages.

Windmill Farm and Craft Market - The Windmill Farm and Craft Market id a 26-acre site which houses three main buildings, a street of shops, and a produce shed all nestled among the pine trees. The Windmill is New York States first and still the finest rural farm and craft market.

Aquarium of Niagara - Opened over thirty-five years ago as the 'First Inland Oceanarium,' the Aquarium of Niagara was the first aquarium to maintain marine life using synthetic seawater. More than forty exhibits showcase 1,500 aquatic animals from around the globe.

Rochester and Genesee Valley Railroad Museum - The Museum offers a restored 1908 rural Erie Railroad depot. The Museum also offers a track car ride, outdoor railroad exhibits, indoor displays, and a gift shop.

Roseland Waterpark - Roseland Waterpark features a 58-acre forest filled with water rides and the Finger Lakes largest wave pool. Roseland Waterpark has something for everyone in your family.

Seneca Zoo - The Seneca Zoo features over 250 animals displayed in naturalistic settings.

National Women's Hall of Fame - The National Women's Hall of Fame is a shrine to some of the greatest women in the history of this country.

Science and Discovery Center - The Mission of the Science and Discovery Center (SDC) is to educate people of all ages about science and technology through a hands-on learning experience. At the SDC you will find dozens of interactive science exhibits that are sure to bring fun and excitement to the whole family.

National Warplane Museum - The National Warplane Museum is an educational institution founded to collect, preserve, interpret and exhibit military aviation memorabilia and to fly military aircraft. The museum is also the home of the world famous, annual Wings of Eagles® Airshow.

Museum of Science and Technology - Located in downtown Syracuse's historic Armory Square, the MOST features the Bristol Omnitheater, New York State's only IMAX Dome theater, the Silverman Planetarium, as well as 27,000 square feet of hands-on activities and exhibits for visitors of all ages.

National Soaring Museum - The National Soaring Museum is the only comprehensive U.S. museum (and one of only two worldwide) focused on soaring and motorless flight. The museum offers hands-on exhibits, active soaring field, films and the world's largest collection of sailplanes.

Paleontological Research Institution - The Paleontological Research Institution (PRI), is a natural history museum with a mission including both research and education. PRI has a world-class collection, containing everything from recent molluscs of the Bikini Islands to dinosaur eggs from China.

Mid-Lakes Navigation Company - Mid-Lakes Navigation Company offers dinner, lunch, brunch, theme and sightseeing cruises for individuals and groups on Skaneateles Lake and the Erie Canal.

Hill Cumorah & Historical Sites of the LDS Church - The visitors' facilities at the Joseph Smith Log Home, Sacred Grove, Joseph Smith Frame Home, Hill Cumorah, Peter Whitmer Log Home, Book of Mormon Historic Publication Site and the Martin Harris Farm are open year-round. Guided tours, films and displays are available.

Heritage Square Museum - Visit a historic crossroads community of the mid-1800's. Step into the past and relive a touch of mid 19th Century Americana. See the sights, hear the stories, experience being where families like yours lived over a hundred years ago.

Greater Canandiagua Civic Center - The Greater Canandaigua Civic Center is a multi-use facility located in Canandaigua. Not only is the Civic Center a state of the art ice skating facility, which hosts numerous hockey leagues and ice skating programs, it is also a community center available for events such as trade shows, the circus, concerts and more.

Granger Homestead - Home to four generations of the Granger Family, the Granger Homestead and Carriage Museum occupy a scenic 10-acre site on North Main Street, just a few blocks from downtown Canandaigua, New York, about 20 miles southeast of Rochester.

Finger Lakes Performing Arts Center - This unique natural amphitheater is summer home to the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. In addition, a wide variety of summer concerts take place each year.

Erie Canal Museum - Housed in the 1850 Weighlock Building, where canal boats were weighed during the days when they traveled through the center of Syracuse on the Erie Canal, the Erie Canal Museum offers a gallery full of participatory exhibits giving visitors a look at canal life and promotes hands-on- learning.

Ithaca Farmers Market - The Ithaca Farmers' Market is a co-operative consisting of over 125 local fruit and vegetable growers, bakers and cooks, and a wide variety of artists and craftsmen. The market pavilion is situated on the water's edge, in a garden-like setting, and is surrounded by trees and flowering plants.

Johnson, Herbert F. Museum of Art - The Johnson Museum has one of the finest collections of art in New York State and is recognized as one of the most important university museums in the country. Spanning the history of art, the Museum's collections are especially strong in Asian art, nineteenth and twentieth-century American art, and the graphic arts.

Keuka Maid Dinner Boat Cruises - The keuka Maid is a three-level 500 passenger dinner boat on beautiful Keuka Lake. Lunch, brunch and dinner cruises are offered aboard the Keuka Maid.

Clemens Center for the Performing Arts - Regional performing arts center presenting Broadway, concerts, Children's theatre, comedy and more.

Chemung Valley History Museum - Take a walk through time and discover treasurers from the past. At its museum, the Society offers resources on the history of the Chemung River Valley region through collections focusing on the Southern Tier of New York State and neighboring Northern Pennsylvania.

Centers for Nature Education - Centers for Nature Education feature a 170-acre environmental education center. The center offers slide shows, workshops, guided walks, and nature investigations for individuals, families, school groups, scouts, garden clubs, and teachers.

Cayuga Nature Center - Cayuga Nature Center (CNC) is a nonprofit, private organization dedicated to providing education for schools, community groups and the general public throughout the year. Programs are for anyone interested in learning more about the environment, the out-of-doors and themselves.

Bristol Valley Theater - The Bristol Valley Theater is a professional summer theater that produces plays including comedies, dramas, musicals and thrillers, as well as an annual children's show.

Sonnenberg Gardens - Sonnenberg Gardens is a beautiful Victorian mansion and gardens, located at the north end of Canandaigua Lake, in the heart of the Finger Lakes Region in Upstate New York.

Everson Museum of Art - The EVerson Museum of Art features two centuries of American paintings, an internationally renown ceramic collection, a variety of sculptures and video presentations.

The Rochester Folk Art Guild - Renowned center for fine quality craftmanship in the Rochester and Finger Lakes Region of New York, whose guild crafts can be found throughout the United States. Open May through October.

Oncenter Complex - The Oncenter Complex is a highly attractive multi-venue exhibition, convention, and entertainment facility.

Greater Niagara  

Artpark - Artpark is a a 200 acre theme park dedicated to visual and performing arts. As one of North America’s most innovative summer festivals, Artpark produces its own musical theatre, and is host to major big band orchestras, diverse concerts and festivals, and celebrity entertainers.

Becker Farms - - Becker farms is a family owned 340 acre working fruit and vegetable farm. Becker Farms also offers a farm animal petting zoo, hay rides, pony rides, and several weekend festivals in June, July, Sept., and Oct.

Buffalo Museum of Science - Discover an exciting world of hands-on learning. See dinosaurs and backyard insects, or stroll through Whem Ankh: the Cycle of Life in Ancient Egypt and experience life in Egyptian culture as it was in 200 B.C. More than a dozen fun-filled exhibit halls trace natural history and the human experience.

Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens - When visiting the Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens you can actually see three historic attractions in one: Olmsted's South Park, the 1894 tri-domed glass conservatory building, and the Victorian-style gardens of plants.

Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park - The Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park opened to the public on 30 June 1979. It is the largest inland naval park of its kind in the United States. It is also home to guided missile cruiser USS Little Rock (CLG-4), destroyer USS The Sullivans (DD-537), and Submarine USS Croaker (SSK-246).

Explore & More... A Children's Museum - Explore & More is a children's museum designed to introduce young children and the adults who care about them to a lifetime of exploration and discovery through unique exhibits that encourage creativity, curiosity and imagination.

JELL-O Museum - The Jell-O Museum is a gallery devoted to the history of Jell-O and features a variety of Jell-O memorabilia as well as the history behind one of America's favorite desserts.

Lancaster Opera House - The Lancaster Opera House is a restored turn-of-the-century theater featuring musicals, plays and a variety of productions.

Lockport Cave - The Lockport Cave is actually a man made hydraulic race blasted out of solid rock over 140 years ago. Tours include an underground boat ride and a view of the Erie Canal Locks.

Lockport Locks and Erie Canal Cruises - Experience a unique 2-hour cruise which includes 'locking through' and being raised the 49 ft. elevation of the Niagara Escarpment (the same one that creates Niagara Falls) in the only double set of locks on the Erie Canal. You will pass under bridges that raise straight up, see water cascade over Lockport's famous 'Flight of Five' 1840's locks.

Maid of the Mist Boat Tours - As one of North America's oldest attractions , Maid of the Mist Boat Tours offer a thirty-minute, guided boat ride of the American and Horseshoe Falls in Niagara Falls.

Martin's Fantasy Island - Experience over 100 rides, shows and attractions in a clean, park like setting covering 80 acres. You'll enjoy rides for all ages from kiddy rides to thrill rides.

Six Flags Darien Lake - With over 100 rides, shows and attractions, Six Flags Darien Lake offers world-class thrills and adventure. It's a resort destination with something for the entire family including your favorite characters, coasters, concerts and more.

Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum - The Herschell Carrousel Factory offers visitors with a history of carousel making. W