New York

Anchored by the tenacious city of Buffalo and the inescapable Niagara Falls, Western New York is wedged between Lake Erie to the... (more)

Exploring the capital region is like walking through a lesson in U.S. history. It was in this geographically diverse swath of... (more)

The Algonquins called this area Onteora, or "land in the sky." Later, writer Washington Irving would refer to the Catskills as... (more)

Part of New York's agricultural and dairy heartland, the region known as Leatherstocking Country epitomizes the pastoral lifestyle... (more)

The 11 parallel Finger Lakes stretch like narrow north-south slashes across western central New York. Their names evoke the tribes... (more)

One could say the Hamptons mystique began in the late 1800s, when residents of Westhampton Beach and other villages out east began... (more)

In 1609 explorer Henry Hudson sailed his ship, the Half Moon, up the great river that would later bear his name. He was seeking... (more)

"Upstate New York may be America's best-kept secret," wrote George Meegan, an Englishman who made a seven-year, 19,000-mi trek... (more)

New York City is a quick-change artist, famous for transforming overnight—so what's packed and popular this month may be... (more)

The name Thousand Islands is less than accurate; there are, in fact, nearly twice that number of islands, depending on who's doing... (more)