When you think about vacationing near one of New York’s 7,600 freshwater lakes or 70,000 miles of rivers and streams, it’s usually all about boating, swimming and fishing. But there’s so much more.

"Look, Dad, there's God." I was taken aback for a moment by my son's observation, until I realized Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman—famous for playing the Almighty in several movies—was walking down ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. TRAVEL REINVENTED. Get inspired. Plan your trip. Pack your bags. I had spent countless hours hiking the 85 miles of Mohonk ...

"It all seems to be ending. You think kids want to come with their parents and take fox-trot lessons? Trips to Europe, that's what the kids want! Twenty-two countries in three days! It feels like it's ...

The weather had been snowy, cold and foggy on a recent February day in New York's Hudson Valley. But after a day of wandering the trails around Lake Mohonk, Greg DiNapoli watched the storm move on and ...

In 1869, Albert Smiley, a nature-loving Quaker schoolteacher, bought a property at a good price: a few hundred acres surrounding a lake and a tavern in New Paltz, New York, in the Shawangunk Mountains ...

The Lake Mohonk Conference on International Arbitration has again offered a prize of $100, donated by C. D. Pugsley '09, for the best essay on "International Arbitration" by an undergraduate man ...

It's been a harsh winter, and too much frigid weather has darkened dispositions and turned skin to alligator hide. Time for a therapeutic intervention—preferably one offering crackling fires on cozy ...

MARBLETOWN – A person drowned Thursday night in Mohonk Lake, according to state police at Highland. The drowning occurred about 8 p.m., police said. Investigators still were at the scene late Thursday ...

The Lake Mohonk Conference on International Arbitration offers a prize of $100 for the best essay on "International Arbitration" written by an undergraduate of any American college or university. For ...