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Lake George Mystery Spot

A mysterious echo seems to defy the laws of acoustics.

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Bloody Pond

This lovely little pond is named after the hundreds of soldiers' corpses that were rolled into the waters during the French-Indian War.

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The Last Howard Johnson's

All that remains of the once-booming chain is a single orange-roofed restaurant.

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Magic Forest

This throwback amusement park is home to America's only diving horse show AND the world's largest Uncle Sam.

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Marcella Sembrich Opera Museum

An Adirondacks museum housed in the former studio of Marcella Sembrich, the 19th century opera star most famous for her role of Mimi in "La Boheme."

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8 miles from Lake George

Granville, New York

The Pember Museum

Tucked away on the second floor of a small town library is one of the great private Victorian taxidermy collections looking today very much like it did in 1909.

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22 miles from Lake George

Saratoga Springs, New York

Petrified Sea Garden

The first evidence of some of the Earth's earliest life was found in this fossilized undersea grotto.

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23 miles from Lake George

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