USA Travel Tour City Guide

    The USA Travel Tour City Guide blog (on Blogger) has posted about Niagara Falls (including some pictures): Niagara Falls is one of the most popular vacation destinations in Ontario and New York. Thousands of people visit the area each year to see one of natures most spectacular wonders; The Horseshoe Falls. There are many things…

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      New York to offer enhanced driver’s licences

      From the Niagara Falls Review: Beginning this week, New York drivers will have the option of buying an enhanced driver’s licence to comply with stricter travel requirements adopted after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The new licences will contain an identifying computer chip and can be used instead of a more expensive passport at…

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        IHOP Opens First Location in Ontario, Canada

        From a Marketwire press release: IHOP, one of America’s favorite restaurants for breakfast, lunch and dinner, today announced the opening of its first franchise restaurant in Ontario, Canada, extending the iconic fifty-year old brand into a new international region. The first IHOP in Eastern Canada opened in Niagara Falls, Ontario on Sept. 13. The corporate…

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          Hilton vs Skylon Tower height

          I know, I know, this is a terrible picture. I took it with my cell phone while I was driving and I was kind of far away. It was taken this morning as I was driving into Niagara Falls. In a previous comment, someone asked it the Hilton was now taller than the Skylon Tower….

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            Ten Frugal things to do in Niagara Falls

            The Frugal Bugle has a list of frugal things to do in Niagara Falls (follow the link to read the entire list): 1. You can view the Falls for free. Fireworks for free at certain times of the year. 2. See the nightly Falls illumination.

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              Urban Veggie Garden Blog: Niagara Falls Visit

              Someone with a Blogger blog posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls: Over the long weekend I was in Niagara Falls, ON to watch and photograph the fireworks show. They have fireworks every Friday & Sunday over the summer and this was the last weekend of the schedule. Well waiting for the show to…

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                Niagara Falls prepares for ‘Good Morning America’

                From the Buffalo News: A guide from Over the Falls Tours walked through Niagara Falls State Park on Sunday and stopped in front of three nondescript white trucks and a Budget rental vehicle parked along a winding path. “You know a little show called ‘Good Morning America?’ ” tour guide Marcello Rotella asked about a…

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                  Niagara Falls: Still a worthwhile travel destination

                  From the Chico Enterprise-Record (in California): Niagara Falls, one of the greatest natural wonders of the world and legendary spot for honeymooners, was my latest travel destination with a Seattle theater critic friend… On the first day of our visit, Gunther, our personal tour escort, drove by North America’s oldest police station and golf course…

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                    Maid of Mist firm plans to buy hotel near brink of falls

                    From the Buffalo News: For the first time in its 162-year history, the Maid of the Mist Corp. is going into the hotel business. The world-famous tour boat company is buying the Comfort Inn The Pointe, the downtown hotel closest to the brink of the American Falls. “This is a new venture for us,” Tim…

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                      E.S. Fox Fabrication – Projects in Niagara Falls

                      I was browsing for some Niagara Falls related stories, and came across the web site for E. S. Fox. They are a construction company that focuses on steel fabrication. Their “Project Briefs” page lists a number of projects that they’ve worked on in Niagara Falls. Each project is accompanied by at least one picture. The…

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