On a remote dead-end road meandering toward the High Peaks stands an odd assortment of structures: an imposing stone tower, a stabilized 19th century house where Teddy Roosevelt once stayed,...

Camp Santanoni and the Santanoni Preserve was a huge private estate, created by Robert and Anna Pruyn of Albany, covering nearly 13,000 acres. Construction started in 1892 and at its...

To level a blow against racism in 1846, wealthy New York landowner and avowed abolitionist Gerrit Smith gave away 120,000 acres of Adirondack land to nearly 3,000 African American men...