New York Country Side

Photo caption: At 215 feet, Taughannock Falls is taller than Niagara Falls.

New York’s Finger Lakes region is filled with waterfalls and wine trails waiting to be explored. 

Sight

See more that 400,000 photographs and negatives, 23,000 films, more than 5 million film stills, 43,000 publications and 25,000 pieces of technology at the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film in Rochester.

Sound

Hear the roar of Taughannock Falls, near Ithaca, one of the highest waterfalls east of the Rocky Mountains.

 Taste

Sample local produce at one of the oldest and largest regional markets in the country, the Central New York Regional Farmers’ Market outside Syracuse.

 Touch

Practice glass blowing at one of many hands-on exhibits at the Corning Museum of Glass, home to 45,000 objects tracing 3,500 years of glassmaking history.

 Smell

Sniff and savor the aroma of fresh grapes at any of the approximately 100 wineries that dot the Finger Lakes region.

 Road Rules

If you’re from a country other than the United States and plan to operate a motor vehicle in the state of New York, you will need a valid driver’s license from your home country.