SNOW PLACE LIKE HOME
This type of snowstorm, caused by cold air passing over the warmer waters of Lake Erie, is responsible for most of Western New York's biggest snowfalls.
What is lake-effect snow?
This fuzzy fruit is the reason for this WNY festival.
What is the Lewiston Peach Blossom Festival
This crunchy candy is made by covering a light, airy toffee center in chocolate—a local delicacy that visitors always seem to take home.
What is sponge candy?
With its dazzling chandeliers and grand architecture, this theater is home to Broadway touring productions.
What is Shea's Performing Arts Center?
This Buffalo cemetery is the final resting place of President Millard Fillmore and singer Rick James.
What is Forest Lawn Cemetery?
The Christmas Blizzard of this year brought whiteout conditions, hurricane-force wind gusts, and over 50 inches of snow to parts of Buffalo.
What is 2022?
If you leave this Buffalo summer festival hungry, that's entirely on you—it features dozens of food vendors serving everything from tacos to cannoli.
What is Taste of Buffalo?
Around here, people don't say "I-90." They usually call this interstate by these two simple words.
What is "the 90"?
This picturesque park in Lewiston hosts one of Western New York's most popular free summer concert series.
What is Artpark?
This famous Buffalo building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and is considered one of his architectural masterpieces.
What is the Darwin D. Martin House?
This rare weather event occurs when snow falls during a thunderstorm, producing flashes of lightning and booming thunder. It has been observed during some of Western New York's most intense snowstorms.
What is thundersnow?
Every July, North Tonawanda celebrates with music, food, vendors.
What is Canalfest
In Buffalo, asking for this instead of ranch with your chicken wings is considered the safer choice if you want to fit in.
What is blue cheese dressing?
Country music fans head to this Wyoming County village each summer for one of New York's biggest country music festivals.
What is the Taste of Country Music Festival in Warsaw?
If you are looking for a spiritual reading from a medium, you might visit this hamlet of Chautauqua County.
What is Lily Dale?
Meteorologists call these narrow, intense areas of snowfall that can dump several inches of snow per hour over one community while nearby areas remain nearly dry.
What are snow bands?
Visitors come for the scenery but stay for kettle corn, local artists, and live entertainment during this colorful Ellicottville tradition.
What is Ellicottville Fall Festival?
Buffalo winters have inspired this unofficial fashion statement: clearing six inches of snow while wearing shorts and these summertime shoes.
What are flip-flops? (or sandals)
This restored North Tonawanda theater is known for concerts featuring classic rock, oldies, and tribute bands.
What is the Riviera Theatre?
Buffalo was the first U.S. city to have this electrically powered form of public transportation.
What are electric streetcars?
During this November 2014 storm, some Southtowns communities received more than seven feet of snow in just three days.
What is Snowvember?
For ten days each May, Rochester smells a lot better than a florist's shop thanks to this colorful annual celebration.
What is the Rochester Lilac Festival?
Most people elsewhere call them sprinkles, but Western New Yorkers often use this sweeter-sounding name instead.
What are jimmies?
If someone says they're spending an evening at "Kleinhans," chances are they're enjoying this world-renowned performing group.
Who are the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra?
This famous dessert was reportedly invented in nearby Chautauqua County and later became a favorite across America.
What is the ice cream sundae?