The 20-odd miles along Route 28 from Raquette Lake to Old Forge offer plenty of options for a wonderful weekend, says travel writer Richard Frost.

In 1875, the first railroad bridge was built to span the gorge in Quechee, Vt., writes columnist Richard Frost. Its completion was commemorated with four brass bands and 3,000 onlookers.

There are many geologic wonders to behold in Ithaca, travel writer Richard Frost says, from the Museum of the Earth to Buttermilk Falls State Park.

A first glimpse of Machu Picchu can prove overwhelming. One looks out at a complex of stone buildings, multitudinous grassy terraces, staircases that descend the entire extent of the village, and a rugged mountain named Huaynu Picchu solemnly guarding the entire scene.

Mabee Farm on the Mohawk River west of Schenectady has its roots in a fur trading post set up there in 1670.

The Rockwell-Harmon Cottage serves as a tourist information center and art gallery in this town on the Hudson River, says columnist Richard Frost. There's a very pretty park behind the center. Sited nicely just upstream from Rockwell Falls, it's the kind of place where you'd like to linger and perhaps read and reflect.

The site chosen for the New York Public Library was Croton Reservoir, then the city's water supply, writes columnist Richard Frost about his tour of the Fifth Avenue facility. A wide promenade surrounded the 50-foot-high reservoir, built when 42nd Street was well north of the city limits. Tearing the complex down took 500 men about two years.

Preserved as Hubbardton Battlefield State Historic Site, this one-time battleground now couldn't be more peaceful, says Travel Writer Richard Frost.

It doesn't take much to see that the rapids of the Ausable River led to Keeseville's initial settlement, says travel writer Richard Frost.