Ithaca, NY Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

Cayuga Lake comes to a halt at its southern end at picturesque ITHACA , piled like a diminutive San Francisco high above the lakeshore and culminating in the towers, sweeping lawns and shaded parks of the Ivy League Cornell University . On campus, which is cut by striking gorges, creeks and lakes, the sleek, I.M. Pei-designed Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art (Tues–Sun 10am–5pm; free; tel 607/255-6464) merits a visit more for its fifth-floor view of the town and lake than for the unspectacular collection of Asian and contemporary art. The pick of the countless waterfalls within a few miles of town is the … more »