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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Lake Placid

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Lake Placid, New York

Updated January 1, 2020

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John Brown's Farm

Lake Placid, New York

John Brown's Farm

It wouldn't be long after purchasing this farm, Brown would lead his siege on Harper's Ferry.
The Monument to David Henderson at Calamity Pond.

Lake Placid, New York

David Henderson Memorial

This memorial in the Adirondack wilderness honors the accidental death of a Scottish entrepreneur.
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The original Saranac Lake cure cottage, known as "Little Red," established by Dr. Edward Livingston Trudeau.

Saranac Lake, New York

Saranac Lake 'Cure Cottages'

Dozens of houses in the Adirondack Mountains are reminders of a literal "cottage industry" to cure people of a deadly disease.
7 miles from Lake Placid
A reindeer in North Pole, New York.

Wilmington, New York

Santa's Workshop

A hamlet full of permanent Christmas spirit holds one of the earliest theme parks in the United States.
10 miles from Lake Placid
Mt. Marcy

Keene Valley, New York

Mount Marcy

The summit Roosevelt conquered before he descended to become The Chief.
11 miles from Lake Placid
Lake Tear of the Clouds

Keene Valley, New York

Lake Tear of the Clouds

Teddy Roosevelt’s famous “midnight ride to the presidency" started at this small lake high up in the Adirondacks.
12 miles from Lake Placid

Newcomb, New York

Tahawus

An old abandoned mining town in The Adirondacks where Theodore Roosevelt first learned of the shooting of President William McKinley.
15 miles from Lake Placid
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