The Atlas Obscura Guide To Waterloo

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Waterloo, New York

Updated January 26, 2022

Unusual Attractions in Waterloo

Waterloo, New York

The M'Clintock House

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

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.

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Seneca Falls, New York

Bridge Street Bridge

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

3 miles from Waterloo

Seneca Falls, New York

Wesleyan Chapel

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

3 miles from Waterloo

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.

3 miles from Waterloo

Geneva, New York

Mike Weaver Drain Tile Museum

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

4 miles from Waterloo

Romulus, New York

Spud Chuckin'

Launch vegetables using oversized slingshots at this Fingerlakes winery's roadside attraction.

9 miles from Waterloo

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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Waterloo

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Waterloo, New York

Updated January 26, 2022

Unusual Attractions in Waterloo

Waterloo, New York

The M'Clintock House

Waterloo, New York

The Scythe Tree

Seneca Falls, New York

Bridge Street Bridge

Seneca Falls, New York

Wesleyan Chapel

Seneca Falls, New York

When Anthony Met Stanton

Geneva, New York

Mike Weaver Drain Tile Museum

Romulus, New York

Spud Chuckin'

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