Lake Placid or Saranac Lake? We compare things to do, dining, outdoors, shopping and art, with a clear verdict for every kind of Adirondack traveler.

Visit Sleepy Hollow, NY: Washington Irving’s grave, Philipsburg Manor, Halloween events, Matisse and Chagall windows and river trails, an hour from NYC.

Discover Inn at Taughannock Falls, a historic lakeside retreat near Ithaca with waterfall views, Cayuga Lake, fine dining and Finger Lakes wine country.

A first look at The Nell New York, the 134-room hotel opening in fall 2027 as the first and only hotel within Rockefeller Center and New York City's only Relais & Chateaux property, from Nell Hotels and the team behind Aspen's The Little Nell.

The Ritz-Carlton is coming to Brooklyn. Discover plans for The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Brooklyn Heights and the transformation of the historic Hotel Bossert.

Cooperstown, New York — home of the National Baseball Hall of Fame — pairs America's baseball shrine with a storybook Main Street, pristine Otsego Lake, a summer opera festival, and a celebrated craft brewery in one tiny upstate village.

Across the river from New York and wrapped in wine country, Niagara Falls, Ontario draws Americans with world-famous scenery, publicly funded healthcare, and housing well below the Toronto market.

A cast-iron Victorian downtown, a top engineering university, a Hudson riverfront, and a wave of revitalization have made Troy, New York one of Upstate's most surprising cities to visit and live.

Three walkable historic districts, a Hudson-meets-Catskills setting, and a wave of creative newcomers have made Kingston, New York one of the Hudson Valley's most dynamic places to visit and live.

A dead factory town revived by a world-class art museum, Beacon, New York pairs a mile-long Main Street, mountain hiking, and a 90-minute train to Manhattan into one of the Hudson Valley's hottest destinations.

A picture-perfect riverside downtown, a thriving antiques and boutique scene, and small-town charm on the Susquehanna have made Owego, New York a Southern Tier gem on the rise.

Two colleges, a walkable Main Street, the birthplace of baseball nearby, and rolling Catskill-foothill scenery have made Oneonta, New York a rising small city in the state's heart.

A world-class glass museum, a Fortune 500 anchor, one of America's most beautiful town squares, and Finger Lakes wine country have made Corning, New York a small-town destination on the rise.

A small city once profiled as the American 'Hometown,' Glens Falls, New York pairs a walkable revived downtown and a surprising world-class art museum with Adirondack access and Lake George nearby.

Reshaped by decades of refugee resettlement, Utica, New York pairs a remarkably diverse culture, a world-class art museum, a revived brewery scene, and Adirondack access with real affordability.

A small city on Seneca Lake with a Master Sommelier's tasting counter, one of Upstate's most beautiful streets of row houses, and a booming wine scene, Geneva, New York punches far above its weight.

Home to a Public Ivy on a campus literally designed in the shape of a human brain, Vestal, New York is one of Upstate's most quietly unusual and livable towns.

A one-square-mile village on the east bank of the Hudson River, Castleton-on-Hudson, New York pairs a historic Main Street, riverfront parks, and a rail-trail with real affordability minutes from Albany.

Antique carousels, a rising research university, a distinctive food culture, and real affordability have made Binghamton, New York one of the Southern Tier's most surprising comeback cities.

Birthplace of a president, likely origin of the word "OK," and now home to a world-class contemporary art gallery, Kinderhook, New York packs astonishing history and culture into a village of barely 1,200.