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Unusual Attractions in Saratoga Springs

Saratoga Springs, New York

Orenda Spring Tufa

A beautiful multicolored mound formed by the mineral deposits of the Orenda Spring.

Saratoga Springs, New York

Spit and Spat

Two mermen, eternally spitting into each other's mouths.

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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Greenfield Center, New York

Lester Park

Fossilized sea bottom and lime quarry.

3 miles from Saratoga Springs

Stillwater, New York

Boot Monument

A monument to the military service of America's greatest traitor refuses to even name him.

8 miles from Saratoga Springs

Wilton, New York

Ulysses S. Grant Cottage National Historic Landmark

This picturesque cottage was the site of Ulysses S. Grant’s final and perhaps most important campaign.

8 miles from Saratoga Springs

Cohoes, New York

Site of the Cohoes Mastodon

A 13,000-year-old mastodon skeleton was found during the construction of a 19th-century New York mill.

21 miles from Saratoga Springs

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