Photo by Joseph M. Cascio. The Wintergarden, dressed up in lights galore, during the annual Festival Of Lights. Not only a natural wonder, Niagara Falls is also a booming tourist city boasting a charm all its own. The Schoellkopf Geological Museum will enlighten you to the area's physical origin. The nearby Niagara Reservation State Park merits a visit as the nation's oldest state park.
Water covers three hundred of the park's four hundred acres.
The remaining one hundred acre preserve was designed by famed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, and offers miles of trails, picnic sites and pathways to Three Sister's Island. Reach out and touch the Falls at the Cave of the Winds. After a steep descent on an elevator, a guide will lead you on an adventure over a series of wooden decks, ending just twenty-five feet from the cascading waters of Bridal Veil Falls. For the full Falls experience, stop by the Niagara Power Project and witness the amazing energy the water creates. Hosts of restaurants, nightspots and museums provide post-viewing entertainment.