A Detailed Look At How Americans Travel Within The US

This isn’t directly related to Niagara Falls, but some of you may find it interesting. From Business Insider: New York may have Niagara Falls and the Statue of Liberty, but it’s not the most popular state for tourism. That title goes to California, which is home to such iconic tourist attractions as the Golden Gate Bridge,…

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Niagara Falls books at flea market/antique sale

This past summer I went to the Erie County Fair. It’s great! If you live near enough, you should defnitely check it out. Anyway, there is a small shop that is kind of like a flea market or antique store. I noticed a cabinet that had a bunch of Niagara Falls books in it (some…

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Death-Defying Ratings: How Daredevils Are Making a Big TV Comeback

From the Hollywood Reporter: Nik Wallenda knows death haunts every step he takes on the high wire. As the great grandson of Karl Wallenda — the German emigre and patriarch of the Flying Wallendas who perished in 1978 on a wire badly strung between two towers of the Condado Plaza hotel in San Juan, Puerto…

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Lonely Planet The World: A Traveller’s Guide to the Planet

Whenever I go to Costco, I always check out the book section. Recently I noticed a book called Lonely Planet The World: A Traveller’s Guide to the Planet. I checked to see if Niagara Falls was listed, and it was, under the section called Canada. Niagara Falls Crowded? Cheesy? Well, yes. Niagara is short, too…

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NY posts 90 virtual tours of parks, attractions

From WPTZ Channel 5 in Plattsburgh: New York has posted online more than 90 virtual tours of parks, campgrounds, attractions and other popular destinations. Intended to make it easier for tourists to plan outings, the 360-degree, color, panoramic images also link to brief descriptions of the sites, highlights and contact information. They range from Jones…

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Facebook’s top checked-in locations in Canada in 2014

From the Simcoe Reformer (includes a brief photo slideshow): What Canadian places did we visit most last year? According to data from Facebook, Niagara Falls and Toronto’s Rogers Centre were the most visited.

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Man accused of trying to blow up hotel lobby in Niagara Falls, Ont.

From Canoe.ca News: A 43-year-old man has been charged after a makeshift bomb ignited but didn’t explode in a hotel lobby Wednesday, police say. Emergency crews were called to the Courtside Inn around 6:30 p.m. after a guest lit a glass jar filled with liquid and debris before running back to his room, police said….

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Musical upgrade for Festival of Lights

From the Niagara Falls Review: You’re going to hear a lot of Niagara Falls composer Nathan Chamberland at the upcoming Winter Festival of Lights. Over and over again. An eight and a half minute score Chamberland wrote will be matched with the light displays at Dufferin Islands, giving the park a musical component to go…

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