The bus ride from NYC back in 1971 was a long and grueling one. Liberty, Roscoe, Binghamton, Elmira. Then a place called “Horseheads”—Horseheads! And a little north of that, a glimpse of a waterfall.

One of the things I love most about winter is the quietness and the ability to see beyond the leafless trees. This Tioga County barn was warm and welcoming with the only colorful tree in sight!

Glass is the great equalizer, reflecting the image of whomever stands before a mirror without regard to rank or fame. It’s found in the equipment of Michelin-starred restaurants and local soup ...

Wellsboro's bakery is 100 percent gluten-free and 100 percent delicious. Ready to tie the knot? Say “I do!” to a gluten-free wedding cake from StacyKay’s Cafe, located at 17 Charleston Street in ...

"The Happy Fisherman" by Pete Ryan. Pete Ryan's life is one long, crazy, funny, dangerous, strange, and lucky fish story. This issue also features Romancing the Stone in Athens; Knit 2, Crawl 4 Yarn ...

When pedestrians go past the Corning Civic Center, one of the first things they’ll notice are the larger-than-life photographs. They fill three floors of City Hall. The photos are old—vintage, maybe, ...

Planning her daughter’s wedding took fourteen months, but the results were worth it. “It was the most perfect, spectacular wedding,” Minister Robin Gaige says a decade later. The experience inspired ...

"Professor Higbee's Lost Streams" by Lilace Mellin Guignard. Two local anglers rescued the professor's maps from oblivion, and saved a life's work. Our annual fishue includes Slate Run Tackle Changes ...

High on the hills above Corning, 951 Harris Hill Road, to be exact, is Bluebird Trail Farm. The soundscape on an early spring day is filled with the calls of bluebirds, of course, bobolinks, and ...

"Field to Flask" by Lilace Mellin Guignard. The Myer Brothers in Ovid keep the family farm in great spirits. This issue also features Wellsboro Goes Wonka, Hard Water Times in Hammondsport, and Snot ...

Myer Farm Distillers sits on Route 89 overlooking the west side of Cayuga Lake—that is, if you can get above the trees for the view. It was probably more visible in 1868 when John and Joe Myer’s great ...

100 years ago, J.P. Ward’s foundry rekindled the coal town of Blossburg. Ward Foundry, with its various names, was the foundation for the small town of Blossburg. The company’s payroll sustained ...