A Wild Ride: When Sherman’s Amusement Park Was Our Family Business Gregory Volk Jul 06, 2023 Last summer, I was delighted to discover an article in this magazine about how the Caroga Arts Collective is bringing... Read More
Hiking: Panther Mountain Adirondack Life Jun 28, 2023 This cyanotype of two gentleman picnicking atop Panther Mountain was captured almost 130 years ago by Grotus Reising... Read More
Skills: How to Start a Fire Adirondack Life Jun 22, 2023 The science of combustion is enough to make an indifferent student of chemistry’s eyes glaze over, but starting a fir... Read More
A Cut Above: Trail-Builder Luke Peduzzi Jamie West McGiver Jun 22, 2023 "I ’m not good with a paintbrush or anything, but I’m pretty good with an excavator.” Luke Peduzzi cracked the beer h... Read More
Campfire Cobbler Adirondack Life Jun 20, 2023 Based on the southern cuppa-cuppa- cuppa-style cobbler, this is my method for making a cake-like dessert when I don’t... Read More
Swede Mountain: A Southern Adirondack Fire-Tower Scramble Adirondack Life Jun 20, 2023 More than a century after it was erected on top of Swede Mountain, in Hague, the metal fire tower still stands. In it... Read More
How to Keep that New-Crush Passion for the Adirondack Park Niki Kourofsky Jun 14, 2023 You, too, can spice up your leisure time with small adjustments to your methods and mindset. Below are some high poin... Read More
Harold and Faith: A New Exhibit Spotlights Weston’s Muse Lisa Bramen Jun 13, 2023 His artwork was called “rough and rugged as hickory stumps,” like the man himself. Friends described her as “soft, ge... Read More
Billion-Dollar Bet: New York’s Risky Investment in Lake Placid’s Olympic Dream Brian Mann with Nicholas Mann Jun 07, 2023 When I go to see Mike Pratt at the Olympic Regional Development Authority’s glossy new state-funded headquarters in L... Read More
A Lavender Paradise Nestled in the Champlain Valley Niki Kourofsky Jun 01, 2023 “I love the look of the lavender against the mountains,” says Lindsey Pashow, owner of Adirondack View Lavender. Pash... Read More
Barefoot Hiking in the Adirondacks Kristen A. Schmitt May 18, 2023 Wynde Kate Reese sets off for a day hike that will take her to the top of Rooster Comb Mountain in Keene Valley. She’... Read More
Grand Adirondack Hotel Annie Stoltie May 17, 2023 Longtime Adirondackers get attached to places the way they knew them, mostly for sentimental reasons. In my case, mor... Read More