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Move over former President Martin Van Buren, you're not the only blob-like creature to come out of Kinderhook, New York!

Central New Yorkers know there are a lot of places where the term "Podunk" may apply. But did you know there's an ACTUAL Podunk, New York?

It’s unclear what went on in this fish tank's previous life. Maybe we don’t want to know.

A Rome resident is currently selling an old commercial deep sea diving suit on eBay for $6500 clams.

Hundreds of suitcases, abandoned by patients who didn't live to claim them, tell the haunting tale of a New York asylum that was anything but a refuge.

Imagine a spot so chilly, that even in the heat of summer...there's snow. You can see for yourself, just 2 hours from Utica.

Is a heartbroken mother at the core of the legend of the White Lady's Castle, just 2 hours from Utica? A legend so creepy, it inspired a horror movie.

The horrifying history of one of the oldest trees in New York sheds light on the horrors that came with founding our nation, and it's just 2 hours from Utica.

This quirky Central New York lighthouse is just 54 miles from Utica, as the crow flies, and it has an interesting past.

Amid the beauty of the one of the most celebrated waterfalls of New York, legend says visitors can sometimes hear the forlorn bark of a ghost dog, whose howl symbolizes the loyalty of our canine companions.

A graveyard in Utica contains a haunting monument to a love story with a tragic twist. Forest Hills Cemetery in Utica encompasses 135 acres, and was formally opened in 1850 after 2 years of planning and construction. The cemetery serves as the final resting place to many distinguished figures, including former Vice President James Schoolcraft Sherman, Roscoe Conkling, who served as a US Representa

The mystery of 'The Indian Lake Project' has never been unraveled, but the tale of a secret project that experimented on children, in a small hamlet just 90 minutes from Utica, is the Adirondacks' very own conspiracy theory.