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Catherine Valley Trail

Upstate New York

This trail follows the abandoned Chemung Canal and railroad system, and when it's finally completed it will connect Watkins Glen State Park and Mark Twain...

Hiking

Cayuga Lake Creamery

Upstate New York

The Finger Lakes are a big dairy region, and that means it's a big ice cream region. Anyone who likes ice cream -- and we know...

Farm Tour

Central Park Zoo

New York City, New York

There are over 130 different species of animals in the Central Park Zoo, from the Antarctic Penguins...

Children's Museum of the East End

Long Island, New York

"Sheer delight" is the best way to describe the look on kids' faces as they walk into the Children's Museum of the East End...

Science & Nature Museum
Children's Museum

The Cloisters

New York City, New York

Tell your kids you're going to take them to a museum specializing in medieval art and architecture, and you may get a big, fat yawn. Tell them instead that the...

Art Museum
History Museum

Deep Hollow Ranch

Long Island, New York

Kids won't care that Deep Hollow Ranch is the oldest working cattle ranch in America. They'll be more impressed by the greeting party: Pedro and Frida, two adorable donkeys who...

Horseback Riding

Dylan's Candy Bar

New York City, New York

Kids, meet candy. Candy, meet kids. Oh, you've already met, huh? When children walk through the door of this tony two-story sugar emporium, eyes light up, stomachs rumble, and...

Specialty Food Store

East Hampton Windmills

Long Island, New York

Harken back to simpler times with a visit to the picturesque windmills that still dot the Hamptons landscape. Though they look pretty, they also tell...

Historical Landmark
Farm
History Museum

Finger Lakes National Forest

Upstate New York

This small forest is easy to explore, with a system of trails running across ridges, down gorges, and across grass-filled meadows. If you go...

Forest

LongHouse Reserve

Long Island, New York

You'll hear many variations of "Mom! Look at this!" when you visit LongHouse, a 16-acre sculpture garden. Kids will race right into the Fly's Eye Dome, which looks like...