April 2021

Ithaca Falls, Ithaca

Another of Ithaca’s many ‘gorges’ prides, just take the Aurora Street to reach this heart-touching falls within minutes. The Ithaca Falls is 150ft tall and 175ft wide and you can admire it from a close distance. The sight of the shower drizzling down from the Fall Creek and into the Cayuga Lake is impressively delightful. …

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Belhurst Castle

Belhurst Castle is an old private estate in Geneva, New York, on the coast of Seneca Lake. It was constructed between 1885 and 1889 by architects Fuller & Wheeler.  This Romanesque Revival style mansion of three stories, nine bays wide, is made with Medina sandstone. It features a slate gable roof, a solarium of one floor, and four …

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Erie Maritime Museum

Erie Maritime Museum is a marine museum on Pennsylvania’s Presque Isle Bay in Erie’s downtown, Pennsylvania.  Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) manages this museum. It became the first Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission-affiliated museum in 20 years when it was officially opened on May 21, 1988. It is the home of the US Brig Niagara, an advanced recreation …

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Cross-country Skiing

Cross-country skiing is the oldest form of skiing. The need to travel through the snowy terrain has led to the emergence of this form of skiing. In this style of skiing, the skiers move through the snow-covered landscape, relying on their own movements rather than using ski lifts. At the end of the nineteenth century, it was created  as …

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Shuffleboard

Shuffleboard, alternatively known as floor shuffleboard, is a game where players using weights discs send them sliding down a narrower court with the aim of having them to come to rest within a designated marked scoring area. This game is widely popular and is played in many parts of the world. In Europe it has …

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