Power Mill Park situated outside Rochester has a house on Park Road shaped like a group of mushrooms.
Chittenago is the home of L. Frank Baum, author of the “Wizard of Oz”.
Chittenago is the location of an annual Munchkins parade.
Oneida has the world’s smallest church with the dimensions of 3.5? X 6?.
The first daily Yiddish newspaper appeared in 1885 in New York City.
New York State is home to 58 species of wild orchids.
New York has over 70,000 miles of rivers and streams.
The Genesee River is one of the few rivers in the world that flows south to north.
The first American chess tournament was held in New York in 1843.
The “New York Post” established in 1803 by Alexander Hamilton is the oldest running newspaper in the United States.
The first railroad in America ran a distance of 11 miles between Albany and Schenectady.
Hartsdale has a pet cemetery established in 1896 and containing 12,000 plots.
The first Boy’s Club was established in New York City in 1876.
The Big Apple is a term coined by musicians meaning to play the big time.
The oldest cattle ranch in the US was started in 1747 at Montauk on Long Island.
New York was the first state to require license plates on cars.
Niagara Reservation became the first state park in the United States.
Washington’s Headquarters State Historic Site in Newburgh was the first publicly owned historic site.