The New York Visitors Network is a guide for tourism, travel, lodging, (NY hotels, NY campgrounds, NY bed and breakfasts, NY vacation rentals), NY attractions and more, organized by topic, region, towns, counties and geography in New York.

Looking for something to do??. All you need to do is to click on the "search" button to the right and we will pull all attractions we have in our database for you to look at. Hiking trails, rails to trails, hang gliding, kayaking, ziplines, white water rafting, museums, historical sites, gardens... you name it and here in New York we have it!

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New York has history that you wouldn't believe. Hundreds of museums and historical sites dot our cities and countrysides. From its pivitol role in the Revolutionary War, its building of the Erie Canal to its present dayworld economic center - New York City - the state has amazing history. In 1819 Washington Irving based Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow in Hudson Valley towns. Thomas Cole's Hudson River School was established in the 1830s by showcasing dramatic landscapes of the Hudson Valley. The first baseball teams formed in New York City in the 1840s, including the New York Knickerbockers. Professional baseball later located its Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.

Saratoga Race Course, an annual summer attraction in Saratoga Springs, opened in 1847. Religious enthusiasms flourished and the Church of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) was founded in the area by Joseph Smith and his vision. By 1900, New York was the richest and most populous state. From the New York State Museum in Albany, NY to the Agricultural Memories Museum in Yates County... literally hundreds of museums to choose from... you can explore the history of this great state.

There are hundreds of historical sites... canals, one room school houses, railroads, covered bridges, etc. that don't qualify as museums but are of interest to many people. Use this search to locate them. If an historical site in NY has a website it's here!