Doubleday Field and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum may be the stars of Cooperstown's lineup, but the birthplace of "Last of the Mohicans" author James Fenimore Cooper is also home to the Fenimore Art Museum (with an extensive collection of Native American art), a Main Street with shops and restaurants and scenic Otsego Lake.

This Shore town has emerged as the nation's hottest potential travel destination for Fourth of July weekend, according to an analysis by HomeToGo.