I first fell in love with the Adirondacks through the watercolors of Winslow Homer.

The boy slipped. There had been a big rain the night before, so the river was higher than usual. In an instant he was swallowed by the Ausable’s cu...

Who says you need train tracks to have a train? Though Inlet’s nearest railroad—the Raquette Lake Railway, which ran a couple of miles to the north...

To be sure, there is perhaps no better place to see peregrines strut their stuff than in the Adirondacks.

On the evening of January 2nd, Lake Placid attorney Amy Quinn took her dogs for a walk in her quiet neighborhood behind the village’s old railroad ...

"I tell my kids,” says Tom Conrad, “that when smelt are running, it’s a signal of spring, when everything wakes up after winter.” And those kids we...

That daydream of leaving it all behind and starting a cabin colony deep in the woods? Bowen and Julie Morris have made it their reality.

"My bag is so heavy!" moaned my daughter, Oaklee, sagging straps off her shoulders and making a sad puppy face in my direction.

I’m a lifelong Lake George enthusiast. Specifically, a lifelong Lake George Narrows camping enthusiast.

Bob Rulfs, a kid from downstate with hay fever, dreamed of becoming a farmer. When he was old enough, he took a train to the North Country, first d...

That daydream of leaving it all behind and starting a cabin colony deep in the woods? Bowen and Julie Morris have made it their reality.

"My bag is so heavy!" moaned my daughter, Oaklee, sagging straps off her shoulders and making a sad puppy face in my direction.

I’m a lifelong Lake George enthusiast. Specifically, a lifelong Lake George Narrows camping enthusiast.

There are a half-dozen summits known as the Saranac Six scattered among the lakes of the northern Adirondacks. Each trek has its own character and ...

I have never been a long-distance hiker. Planning and commitment are needed to tackle the big peaks, and if I’m honest I have never shown a particu...

The Adirondack Park is dotted with lakefront beaches that have it all: playgrounds, lifeguards and, often, big crowds. But with a little bit of leg...

On a rainy night in May 1945, at age 48, Quintal died unexpectedly on the northern shore of the Upper Hudson River, near the cross that marks his p...

"Adirondackers are made of sterner stuff,” my mother would say as we passed Glens Falls, heading up to visit family. “They just keep going, no matt...

“NOT JUST A DISPLAY … BUT THRILLING SHOWS where LIVE REPTILES are HANDLED BY PROFESSIONAL HUNTERS. BRING YOUR CAMERA. YOU’LL WANT PICTURES.” How co...

On a rainy night in May 1945, at age 48, Quintal died unexpectedly on the northern shore of the Upper Hudson River, near the cross that marks his p...

"Adirondackers are made of sterner stuff,” my mother would say as we passed Glens Falls, heading up to visit family. “They just keep going, no matt...

“NOT JUST A DISPLAY … BUT THRILLING SHOWS where LIVE REPTILES are HANDLED BY PROFESSIONAL HUNTERS. BRING YOUR CAMERA. YOU’LL WANT PICTURES.” How co...