The town of Agloe, New York was a fictitious paper town created by a map company to protect their intellectual property. by Chris Clemens Protecting intellectual material can be a bit of a precarious plight. One intellectual’s creation could be interpreted and then slightly changed (or not) and then published as something brand new. Nearly everyone […]
The second bee sting death recorded in the United States happened on May 12, 1814 to Timothy Ryan near Canandaigua, New York. The event is marked with a historical marker near the cemetery in the town of Hopewell Center. by Chris Clemens Bee stings cause on average about 50 deaths per year in the United […]
This upside down traffic light in the Tipperary Hill neighborhood of Syracuse is believed to be the only green-on-top traffic signal in the world. by Chris Clemens The majority of the labor team responsible for the construction of Erie Canal were immigrants straight from Ireland. Once the canal was finished and the Irish were looking to […]
The town of Horseheads, New York was named for a mass burial of horses discovered here after the Sullivan-Clinton Campaign had ended. by Michael Brewster It begins, as so many of these things do, with a trip to a brewery. My brother and I were at Watkins Glen International one August for the NASCAR race. […]
Phelps, New York is home to one of the few two-story outhouses in the country, but this one is the only brick two-story outhouse in existence. by Chris Clemens If you’re reading this, then you are lucky enough to have access to some of the best technology of our time. There’s a good chance you’re even […]