If you don’t think something can be both quiet and raucous as the same time, then you’ve never experienced this event. The map of Greater Western New York used to be dotted with them every summer, but rising insurance rates have dwindled their numbers to a mere few. The one […]

If anyone ever questions why we have a certain “fire” in our belly, this ought to answer it.

As early as the mid-eighteenth century, these creatures captivated Continental visitors.

The last section of the Erie Canal to be completed, Lafeyette once likened it as the artificial equivalent of the Niagara Falls

Built during the 1930 Gold Rush, this hidden gem was made from the original components of yet another gem of Greater Western New York.

If Greater Western New York was a State, what would it be called?

Let the reader beware, this is most definitely a trick question. Back in the late eighteenth century, the Greater Western New York region contained few European settlers. The Niagara Frontier really was a frontier back then. Yet the territory represented a not-so-hidden gem to the politicians of a fledging America. […]

This native culinary delight runs contrary to our snowy reputation – it’s most often associated with our sunny summer weather.