by Chris Clemens For 2015, I gave myself a bit of a scavenger hunt challenge. I wanted to feature a different topic each month and find 15 examples of that topic from my travels. Back at the end of 2014 I made a list of ideas for all 12 months and one of the first […]
by Chris Clemens While spontaneous discovery of new things can’t be beat, I have to admit I had found out about this metal dragon sculpture while perusing the Roadside America website. When I was in East Bethany in Genesee County to checkout Rolling Hills Asylum, I made sure to take a short detour to checkout […]
by Chris Clemens Hydesville Memorial Park is located on Hydesville Road just a couple miles Northwest of the center of the canaltown today known as Newark, NY. Today there exists only a stone base where a house once sat, and that base is surrounded by a protective outbuilding. It’s rare that visitors are allowed to […]
by Chris Clemens I have amassed a pretty decent collection of New York history items and bygones. None of it is really worth very much, but for me there’s value in finding an old Iroquois Brewery bottle opener at a flea market or a transit token at a garage sale and saving it from being lost […]
Cartwright’s Maple Tree Inn is an iconic Western New York destination that is only open a few months out of the year. People flock from far and wide to visit for their endless buckwheat pancakes and famous maple syrup. by Chris Clemens Like so many of his fellow World War II comrades, when my grandfather […]