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6 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Syracuse, New York

Updated January 24, 2023
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Tree of 40 Fruit

A Frankenstein blend of science and art allows one tree to produce 40 different types of stone fruit.
View from one of Green Lake’s limestone reefs

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Green Lakes State Park

Surprisingly aquamarine waters fill deep lakes formed at the end of the last ice age.
Niagara Mohawk Building

Syracuse, New York

Niagara Mohawk Building

This Art Deco fortress in upstate New York gives Manhattan's vaunted examples of the style a run for their money.
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Upside Down Traffic Light in Syracuse, New York.

Syracuse, New York

Upside-Down Traffic Signal

A reversed traffic signal that was once violently misinterpreted as a statement on British-Irish relations.

Syracuse, New York

24-Second Shot Clock Monument

This monument pays tribute to the city’s contribution to basketball history.
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Sandstone strip mining area.

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Split Rock Quarry

The quarry was abandoned over 100 years ago, after a massive ammunition explosion ended in tragedy.
5 miles from Syracuse
Headstone of Matilda Joslyn Gage.

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Matilda Joslyn Gage Grave

The radical suffragist left striking words on her tombstone.
7 miles from Syracuse
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Locally Famous Foods Are Now Getting Plaques Like Historical Sites

Syracuse got one for salt potatoes—could your hometown be next?
by Luke Fater, Atlas Obscura
July 19, 2021
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For Sale: A Sprawling Carriage Factory and the House on Its Roof

A Syracuse rooftop still holds some pretty puzzling real estate.
by Jessica Leigh Hester, Atlas Obscura
February 19, 2020
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