LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — Set amid the tall pine and deciduous forest of the Adirondacks, the Lake Placid Lodge is a quiet retreat and place to unplug in any season. Developed in the late 1800s, the ...

1. Where to StayThough a blaze last December destroyed the main building of the Lake Placid Lodge, individual cabins remain open at half the normal price (from $325). One of the closest to the lake is ...

There is a sense of limitless immensity in the nights on Lake Placid — a mix of ceaseless breezes, a star-speckled sky, and a heavy quiet (well, save for the wail of a loon). Even as dawn reveals the ...

Nowhere is summer more glorious than in a comfy chair on the porch of a lakeside cottage. We've scoured the country to find these 10 charming cottages and cabins offering lake views and refreshing ...

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The sense of tranquility that pervades the Lake Placid Lodge is palpable. When I arrived late on a sun-drenched Friday afternoon in June, the place was a hub of inactivity: I met a foursome whose ...

Chalk it up to a backlash against austere boutique hotels, or to the current interest in multigenerational family travel, but the Adirondack "great camp"--that rustic outpost of the Gilded Age--is ...