August 2026

Gentle Giant: Remembering Lake Placid’s Jim Tolkan

Gentle Giant: Remembering Lake Placid’s Jim Tolkan

Photograph courtesy of Parmelee Tolkan It’s a soggy March afternoon. The sky spits rain and the roads are slushy, lined in dirty snowdrifts. But inside Jim and Parmelee Tolkans’ Lake Placid living room—more an atrium, with its floor-to-ceiling windows and potted...

Heavenly Hiking: On the Trail with Father Allen

Heavenly Hiking: On the Trail with Father Allen

“I love Algonquin,” says Reverend Philip Allen. “I’d like to do that again. It’s all business and the views are great, and it’s the first mountain I ever did. I did go up barefoot at that time. That was 1958.”

On the  Edge of  Paradise

On the Edge of Paradise

It’s a rite of passage to take a photo of National Park signs at the entrance. But what about the iconic Entering Adirondack Park signs?

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August 2026

Spotlighting regional characters—a movie star, an angler, a 46er 25 times over—and the Adirondack landscape at the time of America’s birth. Plus stunning photographs, where to find exceptional BBQ, and more.

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