USA Guide
The Mid-Atlantic
Niagara Falls
Every second almost three quarters of a million gallons of water explode over the knife-edge Niagara Falls, right on the border with Canada. This awesome spectacle is made even more impressive by the variety of methods laid on to help you get closer to it: boats, catwalks, observation towers, and helicopters all push as near to the curtains of gushing water as they dare. At night, the falls are lit up, and the coloured waters tumble dramatically into blackness, while in winter the whole scene changes as the falls freeze to form gigantic razor-tipped icicles.
Some visitors will, no doubt, find the whole experience a bit too gimmicky; corporate big-hitters like the Hard Rock Café and various casinos on both sides have pushed the place closer to an aquatic Vegas, although the green fringes of the state park provide some bucolic getaways. Don't expect too much from the touristy small city of Niagara Falls, New York, or the more developed tinseltown of Niagara Falls, Ontario. Once you've seen the falls, from as many different angles as you can manage, and traced the Niagara Gorge, you'll have a better time heading back to Buffalo.
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