Anthony Melchiorri, host of The Travel Channel’s “Hotel Impossible” is in Niagara Falls NY this week recording a hotel makeover episode at the Waldorf Niagara located at the corner of Rainbow Boulevard and John Daly Blvd. According to a crew member at the site they arrived in Niagara Falls on Monday and will be shooting […]
Jimmy Fallon, host of The Tonight Show on NBC, drew attention on his show for commenting to Nicole Kidman that “The New York side (of Niagara Falls) looks like a Lemony Snicket book cover, sad and trees with no leaves on it.” While the comment didn’t sit well with Niagara Falls Mayor Paul Dyster, the […]
There may be a new state of the art entertainment Arena in the future for Niagara Falls, at least that’s what is being considered by Niagara Falls Redevelopment, led by Partner Roger Trevino. The concept is a Niagara Falls Arena facility that could seat between six and eight thousand people and serve both entertainment and […]
USA Today Bucket List Niagara Falls USA and Canada made the USA Today Bucket List of U.S Monuments and Landmarks in a feature named 10 best bucket-list U.S. monuments and landmarks. The USA Today Bucket List article was written by Larry Bleiberg and was based on locations photographed by Blaine Harrington III and published on July […]
The Nik Wallenda Monument was revealed on July 7th, 2014 to commemorate the awe-inspiring wire walk across the Horseshoe Falls by Wallenda. The monument is just yards from the brink of the Horseshoe Falls to memorialize Nik Wallenda’s great feat for future generations. Over 100 dignitaries and media were on hand on Monday, July 7th, […]
Sweet Treats The Sheraton at the Falls on Old Falls Street at Third in Niagara Falls USA has added a nifty shop for anyone with a sweet tooth called Sweet Treats. The new shop is almost 500 square feet of Hershey candy, ice cream, cookies and cupcakes located in a portion of the hotel’s “Starbucks […]
Niagara Falls Home to Miss USA Pageant Niagara Falls is known for its’ beauty, but from 1974 to 1976 that beauty was enhanced by some of the most stunning women in the USA as they traveled to Niagara to compete in the Miss USA Pageant. The Miss USA Pageant is part of the Miss Universe Corporation and […]
Niagara Falls Dry in 1969 Niagara Falls has flowed for over 12,000 years and except for a few severe winter ice jams over those years that created the illusion of a “frozen Falls” the water has always flowed. That is until June 12th, 1969 when the American Falls actually did go dry. The American Falls had […]
Niagara Falls was once considered a location for the eventual Disney World site, but almost twenty years earlier it was the United Nations that took a serious look at a home up river from the Falls. In 1945 Navy Island, located almost three miles up river from Niagara Falls themselves on the Canadian side was seriously […]
Niagara Falls is a very popular tourist destination, but could you imagine how big it would be if it was also the home to Disney World? For a very brief time Walt Disney himself once considered Niagara Falls as a possible location for his Disney World theme park before choosing Orlando Florida. In 1963 Walt […]