Rochester, New York’s third largest city, is very cultural and artistic with beautiful natural features. Rochester is surrounded by Lake Ontario and the Erie Canal with the Genesee River cascading downthree waterfalls in the City center. Visit Rochester (Tourism site) https://www.visitrochester.com/things-to-do/outdoors/waterfalls/high-falls/
Finger Lakes Wine Country (30 minutes and beyond from Rochester) Letchworth State Park, NY (45 minutes from Rochester) Niagara Falls (1.5 hours from Rochester) Adirondack Mountains (3 hours to the low peak from Rochester) Toronto, CA (4.5 hour drive from Rochester, or short flight) Montreal, CA (short flight from Rochester)
Historic Highland Park and the Lilac Festival (an Olmstead park with 1,200 lilacs and a conservatory) https://www.monroecounty.gov/parks-highland Historic Boat rides on the Erie Canal https://cornhillnav.org/ Paddlewheel Boat on the Erie Canal (Colonial Belle) https://www.colonialbelle.com/
National Museum of Play and National Toy Museum (across the street from the Hampton Inn) https://www.museumofplay.org/ Rochester Museum and Science Center (Exhibit in May is Survival of Slowest featuring live animals) https://rmsc.org/ Seneca Park Zoo (Elephants, lions, orangutans, penguins, polar bears, tigers, giraffes, otters, reptiles, etc.) https://senecaparkzoo.org/plan-your-visit-2/ Rochester Golf Guide (Ranked 6th-best U.S. metro area for golf) https://www.golfrochesterguide.net/ Parkside Mini Golf (the oldest miniature golf course in the U.S.) https://parksidediner.com/mini-golf/ Seabreeze Amusement Park (with the oldest continuously operating roller coaster in America) https://seabreeze.com/park-attractions/
University of Rochester Memorial Art Gallery https://mag.rochester.edu/ Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra https://rpo.org/ Geva Professional Theater https://gevatheatre.org/ Rochester Broadway Theater League (Shrek: The Musical will be in town on May 12) https://rbtl.org/upcoming-events-listing/
George Eastman House (historic mansion and film/camera museum) https://www.eastman.org/about Susan B. Anthony House https://susanb.org/