by Chris Clemens While in Cattaraugus County with a few friends, we were told of a haunted grave and the story of the Ashford Hollow Witch. My friends didn’t have to try very hard for me to agree to go find it. After we visited, I was intrigued enough to spend a few weeks researching the story […]
by Chris Clemens Early one morning in the Catskills I rounded the curve of a road I had never driven before. Opening up from a wooded residential landscape into a wide open sky over a quiet Swan Lake, the road soon was lined with a curiously out-of-place looking stone wall opposite from the lake. A bit further […]
by Chris Clemens Seeing a white-tailed deer in New York is nearly as common today as seeing a human, but that wasn’t always the case. It was such an important source of income for hunters in the late 1800’s that the state’s deer population nearly went extinct. In fact, the population was so deeply at risk, that in […]
Spotted Duck Creamery in Penn Yan provides one of the most unique frozen treat experiences you can find in Upstate. by Chris Clemens The rural roads that connect Keuka and Seneca Lakes in Yates County are now home to one of the most unique roadside treats in the Finger Lakes, and possibly even in the entire U.S. […]
by Chris Clemens New York State Route 97 has a long and winding history. That history now includes a short stretch of iconic New York highway known as Hawk’s Nest. For 70 miles, it connects three counties along the New York/Pennsylvania border. The roadway stretches from Hancock, New York in Delaware County all the way […]