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Syracuse's Thornden Park offers a little something for everyone. If you are ready to either watch or be a part of the big football game, the park features an impressive multipurpose athletic field that's perfectly suited for football, soccer or lacrosse. There are also four tennis courts and a swimming pool. The smaller kids will love the more traditional swings, slides, seesaws and climbing bars. Or, if you prefer, you can just sit outdoors and admire the beautifully maintained rose garden.

No matter what song they choose, you'll want to sing along with the wide variety of singers who take the stage at the Syracuse's highly popular Singers Karaoke Club. Individuals who live for the spotlight and are inclined to take the stage to sing their favorite tune will be completely in their element at this popular nightlife spot that is a club with a cabaret-style theater. Sure, the level of talent varies from the great to the so-bad-it's-hilarious variety, but the venue's good-time vibe, great people and excellent bar selection all equal great singalong fun, even if you don't know all the words.

Visiting Sainte Marie Among the Iroquois is like watching a history book come to life. Be transported back to the 1600s when the local Iroquois tribe invited the French to build a mission on the banks of Onondaga Lake. The site is now a living history museum that features an interpretive center with actors in period costumes who talk about what their lives are like at the mission in 1650. They also demonstrate daily activities of the time that include carpentry, blacksmithing, cooking and more.