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Tourist Attractions in Rochester

Campbell-Whittlesey House Museum
The Campbell-Whittlesey House Museum is an example of restored Greek Revival architecture. The house has been restored and furnished to reflect life in a flour miller's house during the early 19th century.

Center at High Falls
The Center at High Falls is an educational and entertainment complex featuring 3-D exhibits, an art gallery that displays local artists, and visitors can tour the ruins of an 1816 factory. A pedestrian bridge allows for scenic viewing of High Falls.

Durand-Eastman Park
The land was donated by George Eastman and William Durand in 1909. This Monroe County Park is an island of bird habitat, offers an 18-hole golf course and the roads that ran through have been closed to allow foot trails for hiking and cross-country skiing in winter.

Highland Park
Highland Park is one of Rochester's oldest parks with the world's largest collection of lilacs. There are 500 different varieties of lilacs covering about 20 acres of Highland Park. The park is home to the annual Lilac Festival.

Maplewood Park
Maplewood has a large municipal rose garden.

Memorial Art Gallery
The Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester features works of art spanning 5,000 years and various countries around the world. Emily Sibley Watson founded the Gallery as a memorial to her son, architect James Averell, in 1913. The permanent collection includes more than 12,000 objects from relics of antiquity to contemporary works.

How to reach Rochester

By rail :
A privately-funded study shows Rochester is ready for a different kind of transportation. The volunteer Rochester Rail Transit Committee wants to see a light rail system run from Charlotte to downtown.

The study by a Pennsylvania firm estimates the cost of such a project at 64 to 84 million dollars. If local leaders buy into it, half the money would come from the state, the other half from the Federal Transit Authority.

By Road :

By Air :
Rochester has a small but newly-renovated airport that goes by the rather grandiose title Greater Rochester International Airport, and its airport code, ROC, inspired the name of this Wiki. The advantage to being out here in the sticks is that the airport is small and generally uncrowded. The disadvantage is that you'll have to fly first to a larger hub.

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