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The Mystery Spot, hidden in plain sight.

Lake George, New York

Lake George Mystery Spot

A mysterious echo seems to defy the laws of acoustics.

43.4226, -73.7130

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Lightning the Diving Horse

Lake George, New York

Magic Forest

This throwback amusement park is home to America's only diving horse show AND the world's largest Uncle Sam.

43.3971, -73.7019

Added by EricGrundhauser

Bloody Pond

Lake George, New York

Bloody Pond

This lovely little pond is named after the hundreds of soldiers' corpses that were rolled into the waters during the French-Indian War.

43.3904, -73.7035

Added by Sarah Blake

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Sembrich Opera Museum

Bolton, New York

Marcella Sembrich Opera Museum

An Adirondacks museum housed in the former studio of Marcella Sembrich, the 19th century opera star most famous for her role of Mimi in "La Boheme."

43.5473, -73.6605

Added by jmpasko

8 MILEs FROM Lake George

The Pember Museum

Granville, New York

The Pember Museum

Tucked away on the second floor of a small town library is one of the great private Victorian taxidermy collections looking today very much like it did in 1909.

43.4062, -73.2630

22 MILEs FROM Lake George

Petrified Sea Garden

Saratoga Springs, New York

Petrified Sea Garden

The first evidence of some of the Earth's earliest life was found in this fossilized undersea grotto.

43.0831, -73.7846

Added by lisatemoshok

23 MILEs FROM Lake George

Greenfield Center, New York

Lester Park

Fossilized sea bottom and lime quarry.

43.0918, -73.8480

24 MILEs FROM Lake George

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