Every Place Has a Story
The Finger Lakes are more than eleven stretches of water on a map. They are small towns waking beneath the morning mist, waterfalls hidden at the end of a trail, vineyards climbing sunlit hillsides, and old roads that still lead somewhere worth discovering.
11 Lakes Stories explores the people, places, history, traditions, and everyday moments that give this region its character.
Some stories will take you to familiar landmarks and show you something you may have never noticed. Others will lead you down a back road, into a small village, around a campfire, or to the edge of a quiet lake just as the sun comes up.
Along the way, we’ll meet the people who call the Finger Lakes home, revisit pieces of local history, follow the changing seasons, and uncover those places that don’t always make the travel brochures.
These aren’t simply stories about visiting the Finger Lakes.
They’re stories about what it feels like to be here.
Welcome to 11 Lakes Stories.
Stay awhile. There’s more to discover.
Stories from the Firelight
The Night the Bells Carried Across the Valley The fire had settled into glowing coals when someone finally asked the
Robert H. Treman State Park: Where Water Wrote the Landscape
Where Water Wrote the Landscape Just outside Ithaca, Enfield Creek has spent thousands of years carving a passage through stone.
The Finger Lakes: A Destination Wedding Where Nature Does the Decorating
Where the Lakes Meet Forever: A Finger Lakes Wedding There is a moment at many Finger Lakes weddings when the
Life in the Finger Lakes: Where Nature, Culture & Community Flow Together
Life in the Finger Lakes: A Region Shaped by Water, Land and Community There are places where the landscape serves
When History Takes to the Water
The Skaneateles Antique & Classic Boat Show celebrates craftsmanship, lake life and a Finger Lakes summer tradition. There is
Lyons, NY: The Original Peppermint Village 🌿
The Peppermint City How Lyons, New York, Sent a Finger Lakes Crop Around the World By 11 Lakes Magazine Drive
🌟 Discover the Hidden Gems of the Finger Lakes! 🌿
Beyond the Wine Trails Finding the Other Finger Lakes The best discoveries sometimes begin where the itinerary ends. There is
🌀 The Windmill in Penn Yan: A Finger Lakes Treasure
Saturday at The Windmill Where the Finger Lakes Comes to Market By 11 Lakes Magazine Saturday morning arrives differently along
🎬 From Silent Films to Sound: The Legacy of Theodore Case and the Birth of “Talkies” in the Finger Lakes
Before Hollywood Could Talk: Theodore Case and the Finger Lakes Birthplace of Sound Film Long before synchronized dialogue became an