Must-seeNortheast
New York City, New England towns and fall color.
This is a first draft of the Northeast list. The full region guide is being written, and tiers may still change.
The short list
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Must-seeNiagara Falls
Three waterfalls on the Canadian border; the boat into the spray of Horseshoe Falls is the one thing not to skip.
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Must-seeNew England fall foliage
Late September to late October, north to south
Whole hillsides of red and gold in Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. Drive the back roads and stay in a small-town inn.
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Worth a detour
Worth a detourCape Cod
Dune-backed Atlantic beaches, lighthouses and lobster rolls, the classic New England summer.
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Worth a detourMacy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Thanksgiving morning, the fourth Thursday of November
Giant balloons float through Manhattan from Central Park West to Herald Square. Stake out a spot early, or watch the balloons inflate the night before.
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Worth a detourNew Year's Eve in Times Square
December 31
The ball drop at midnight. Crowds wait in pens for hours with no bathrooms, so many people watch from a party nearby.
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Worth a detourAcadia National Park
Granite coast, carriage roads and Cadillac Mountain on Maine's Mount Desert Island.
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If you're nearby
If you're nearbyProvidence
A compact college city with a strong food scene and summer WaterFire bonfires on its rivers, near Newport's mansions.
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If you're nearbyBuffalo
Half an hour from Niagara Falls, with Frank Lloyd Wright's Darwin Martin House and the original Buffalo wings.
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If you're nearbyBethel Woods (Woodstock)
The field in the Catskills where the 1969 Woodstock festival took place, with a museum of the festival and the 1960s, about two hours from New York City.
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On the map
Grey pins: guides still being written.