Walking Tour of New York

Sagamore Hill, the longtime home of President Theodore Roosevelt, sits on a grassy rise above Oyster Bay Harbor on Long Island's Gold Coast , , about 35 miles east of Manhattan. Roosevelt lived here from 1885 until his death in January 1919, and during his presidency from 1901 to 1909, the 23-room Queen Anne shingle-style house served as his "Summer White House," hosting foreign dign...

Times Square is the most famous intersection in the world -- a canyon of light, energy, and spectacle at the heart of Midtown Manhattan where Broadway crosses Seventh Avenue. In this episode of Walking Tour of New York, we explore the full story of Times Square: from its origins as a gritty carriage district called Longacre Square to its transformation into the world's most iconic entertainmen...

Deep in the Finger Lakes region of New York, tucked along the western shore of Cayuga Lake, Taughannock Falls plunges 215 feet into a gorge ringed by 400-foot canyon walls -- making it taller than Niagara Falls and one of the most dramatic natural features in the entire Northeast. In this episode of Walking Tour of New York, we explore Taughannock Falls State Park in Ulysses, New York, from the fl...

In this episode of Walking Tour of New York, we head to the hamlet of Mumford in Monroe County -- about twenty miles southwest of Rochester -- to explore Genesee Country Village and Museum, the largest living history museum in New York State. Covering more than six hundred acres, the museum was founded in the 1960s by John "Jack" Wehle, son of the Genesee Brewing Company's founder, w...

At the very tip of Long Island's North Fork, where the land narrows to a slender finger of sand and the waters of Gardiner's Bay stretch wide and glittering toward the horizon, Orient Beach State Park waits quietly for the visitors who find their way out here. It is one of the few places on Long Island where the landscape still feels genuinely untouched -- a 363-acre sanctuary of beach, sa...

At the very tip of Manhattan, where the Hudson meets the Harlem River, lies a 196-acre forest that most New Yorkers have never visited. Inwood Hill Park is home to the last old-growth forest on the island, dramatic glacial caves used by the Lenape people for thousands of years, a legendary site where Peter Minuit may have purchased all of Manhattan, and a salt marsh that somehow survived the city&...

Tucked along the southern edge of Ithaca in New York's Finger Lakes region, Buttermilk Falls State Park is one of the most spectacular and accessible state parks in the entire Northeast. With ten waterfalls cascading through a dramatic 600-foot gorge, emerald-green potholes carved by ancient glacial forces, and stone trails hand-laid by Depression-era workers, the park offers something rare -- a p...

Whiteface Mountain rises from the heart of the Adirondacks in the small town of Wilmington, Essex County -- the fifth-highest peak in New York State, the site of the alpine skiing events at the 1980 Winter Olympics, and the only High Peak in the Adirondacks you can drive almost to the very summit. Whether you come in winter for the greatest vertical drop east of the Rockies, or in summer to wind y...

Step inside one of the most storied sports venues on earth -- Yankee Stadium in the South Bronx. From Babe Ruth's thunderous home runs to Lou Gehrig's farewell speech, from Mickey Mantle and Joe DiMaggio to Derek Jeter and Aaron Judge, this is where baseball's greatest dynasty has played out over more than a century. In this episode, we take you on a guided tour through the stadium its...

Bear Mountain State Park sits in the Hudson Highlands, roughly 50 miles north of Midtown Manhattan, where a mountain shaped like a sleeping bear rises above the western bank of the Hudson River. In this episode we explore more than a century of history -- from a prison that was never built to the birth of the Appalachian Trail -- and walk you through everything the park has to offer, from summit p...

Walking Tour of New York is a podcast built to enhance how you experience one of the world's most captivating cities. By combining storytelling with location-based insights, we help you connect more deeply with the places you visit -- before your trip, during it, or from the comfort of home. Our mission is to make exploration more meaningful, flexible, and accessible for everyone. Travel has a...