Batavia’s Civil War hero was also responsible for enduring changes to American military tactics and policies.

Buffalo’s linseed oil tycoon was a rare Gilded Age industrialist who managed to balance business success with family values and upstanding ethics.

Steam yachts provided Buffalo’s wealthy with a fashionable means of racing, cruising—or even commuting to work!  Here we take a look at a number of these luxury craft and the men who owned them.

When the unification of the state church in Prussia created dissent among many Lutherans, large numbers of them emigrated to Western New York.

The birth of Spiritualism is traced to the Fox sisters of Hydesville, NY in the 1840s.  But a community devoted to this unique religion developed in Chautauqua County and remains vibrant today.

We break with tradition to provide a unique “past and present” look at this enduring annual event.

A group of heritage-minded developers are helping to make Buffalo's renaissance a reality.

Anita Mitchell chronicles this pre-Wright purchase of the noted Larkin employee.