New York Top Things To See
• Walk through the Financial District, past Wall Street and the New York Stock Exchange.
• Ride a lift up to the observatory on the 86th floor of the Empire State Building (website: www.esbnyc.com), where you can see for approximately 80km (50 miles). When the 102-storey New York landmark was completed in 1931, it was the tallest building in the world.
• Enjoy the now 'family-friendly' Times Square (website: www.timessquarenyc.org), with the renovated Biltmore Theater, and the world's largest toy store, with a 18m (60ft) Ferris wheel and life-size Barbie house.
• Walk across the Brooklyn Bridge, beautiful by night and bustling with people by day. Across the river, explore Brooklyn Heights by foot.
• Take the Staten Island Ferry from Battery Park for a view of the classic New York skyline, and cruise past the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island (website: www.statenislandusa.com). The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge connects Staten Island with Brooklyn.
• Sail into the spray of the mighty Niagara Falls (website: www.niagara-usa.com) on the Maid of the Mist Boat Tour (website: www.maidofthemist.com), and gaze in awe at one of the most outstanding spectacles on the North American continent.
• Tour the five enormous locks of the Erie Canal on the Lockport Cave Tour, which travels through a tunnel blasted out of rock in the 19th century, and ends in an underground boat ride (website: www.elockport.com).
• Roll back the clock from the world of satellite images and digital photography to the day when George Eastman invented the Kodak camera and roll film in 1892. Visit his house in Rochester, and tour the International Museum of Photography (website: www.eastmanhouse.org).
• Relive the days of the 1969 Woodstock Music and Arts Festival, the most famous rock concert in history, now commemorated at the Bethel Woodstock Museum (website: www.bethelwoodscenter.org/Museum) at Kauneonga Lake. Woodstock today is a haven of art and craft galleries and shops.
• Tour Albany's New York State Museum (website: www.nysm.nysed.gov), the country's oldest and largest state museum, which portrays the urbanisation of New York City and has lifelike dioramas on Native Americans, gems and birds.
• Discover the beautiful Catskill Mountains (website: www.visitthecatskills.com). From the lush greenery of the southern Catskills to the dramatic, unspoiled peaks of the north, there is plenty to enjoy, whether seeking excitement or the perfect spot for a tranquil stay.
• Play ball! Visit the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown (website: www.cooperstownchamber.org). Also home of the Doubleday Field and numerous trading card and memorabilia shops, this vibrant village is situated on the shore of Otesgo Lake.
• Tour the Metropolitan Museum of Art (website: www.metmuseum.org), one of the greatest museums in the world. Egyptian, Roman and Greek Art, along with Oriental paintings, modern art and ancient glass, feature in some of the museum's many collections.
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