The Atlas Obscura Guide To Seneca Falls

3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Seneca Falls, New York

Updated June 13, 2017

Unusual Attractions in Seneca Falls

Amelia Bloomer introduces Susan B. Anthony to Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Seneca Falls, New York

When Anthony Met Stanton

This statue commemorates the meeting of the most influential minds of the women’s rights movement.

Seneca Falls, New York

Wesleyan Chapel

What remains of the simple red brick chapel where the women's rights movement began.

Seneca Falls, New York

Bridge Street Bridge

A near tragic event on this bridge helped inspire the classic film "It's a Wonderful Life."

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The M'Clintock House

A historic home with ties to the abolition and suffrage movements.

3 miles from Seneca Falls

Waterloo, New York

The Scythe Tree

A rusted blade sticks out from the trunk of this tree, left as a memorial to a young man who left to fight in the Civil War but never returned home.

5 miles from Seneca Falls

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Finger Lakes Drive-In

Opened in 1947, this is the oldest continuously-operating drive-in theater in New York.

7 miles from Seneca Falls

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Mike Weaver Drain Tile Museum

This museum pays homage to a device that precipitated a watershed moment in Finger Lakes food production.

7 miles from Seneca Falls

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