Stay in a lighthouse or in a tree house or at a farm By Deborah Jeanne Sergeant   Why stay at a ho-hum hotel when […]

By Deborah Jeanne Sergeant   Corn, straw bale and sunflower mazes offer a version of English hedge mazes that can be altered annually with new […]

Though the precise boundary is up for debate, Upstate New York generally refers to the geographic region north of  and excluding the New York City […]

A fun thing to do? Establish an itinerary and visit these sandy beachs in Upstate. Make it a day trip to each of them By […]

Melissa Etheridge, Billy Idol, Dave Matthews Band and Tim McGraw are some of the artists coming to Upstate this season By Deborah Jeanne Sergeant   […]

By Deborah Jeanne Sergeant   The freshest produce, homemade goodies, artisan crafts and live entertainment: what’s not to love about farmers markets? Even most small […]

By Sandra Scott   New York state is evenly divided into thirds: mountains, eroded plateaus and lowlands providing a variety of scenery including many beautiful […]

From a sauerkraut festival in Phelps, to a garlic festival in Geneva, to peppermint days in Lyons — the region has just the right food […]

By Sandra Scott   New York has a castle for every occasion: weddings, special times or just to visit. Wealthy Americans, looking for status, built […]

Few other states offer the vast number of geological points of interest as New York By Deborah Jeanne Sergeant   Adirondacks • High Falls Gorge […]