When you think cool cities, New York State has plenty of amazing places. This city, which isn't New York City, was just voted as one of the coolest in America. Which city is it?

Turning to the sources of U.S. News & World Report, Reader's Digest, Architectural Digest, The Travel Channel and House Beautiful magazine, Far and Wide took a look at the best small town in every U.S. state. They named these as the coolest nationwide.

What is the "coolest" city in New York?

Far and Wide has dubbed the coolest city in the entire state of New York as... Cooperstown:

What is more American than baseball? How about the small town that is home to the National Baseball Hall of Fame?

Cooperstown is located at the lower tip of Otsego Lake. Other than world famous baseball, Cooperstown has plenty of quaint shops, restaurants, art galleries and museums, and farming.

Why did Cooperstown get this title? It was a fan favorite of Architectural Digest, and Reader's Digest.

National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is a history museum and hall of fame that serves as the central point of the history of baseball in the United States. The Hall's motto is "Preserving History, Honoring Excellence, Connecting Generations."

The Hall of Fame was established in 1939 by Stephen Carlton Clark, an heir to the Singer Sewing Machine fortune:

Clark constructed the Hall of Fame's building, which was dedicated on June 12, 1939. (His granddaughter, Jane Forbes Clark, is the current chairman of the board of directors.) The erroneous claim that Civil War hero Abner Doubleday invented baseball in Cooperstown was instrumental in the early marketing of the Hall."

Players are currently inducted into the Hall of Fame through election by either the Baseball Writers' Association of America (or BBWAA), or the Veterans Committee. You can read more of the history online here.

2 of 10 Coolest New York Small Towns With Big City Feel

Want the big city feel without all the bright lights, traffic jams, noise, and throngs of people? There are two small towns in New York with a big city feel you can enjoy for your next getaway.

The Travel lists 10 of the coolest towns in the U.S. that feel like you're in the big city and two of them are in New York.

You can read about those cities online here.

Road Trip: 14 Ways to Make Your Next Trip to Cooperstown Magical

Gallery Credit: Chuck D'Imperio

Believe It Or Not! Here Are 19 Great Upstate NY Halls of Fame!!

When it comes to Halls of Fame, New York State has a tone of them. And many of them can be found in Upstate New York.

Sure, we all know "the big ones," like the National Baseball Hall of Fame, but there are many others to visit. Some are big, such as The National Toy Hall of Fame in Rochester or the Women's Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, but others are located in teeny, tiny towns across the region. They are in hard to find places, with populations of perhaps less than 500 people. But they sure are interesting!

Here are 19 of the best Halls of Fame in Upstate New York. What is the D.I.R.T. Hall of Fame? And what about the Bare Knuckle Boxing Hall of Fame? And the Convenience Store Hall of Fame? These are all fun to look at and visit. In each "hall" we have included a website link so you can check on dates, times, events, directions, etc. Like I said, some are way off the beaten path. One of them is deep in the forests of the Adirondack park. It is quite a ride trying to find it, but when you do you will be glad you visited it. Very unusual, totally fascinating, and very "tuneful."

Gallery Credit: Chuck D'Imperio

Amazing Photos from the 2022 Baseball Hall of Fame Inductions in Cooperstown, NY

Don Laible takes his camera around Cooperstown, NY during the National Baseball Hall of Fame Induction weekend on July 24, 2022.

Gallery Credit: Don Laible

 

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