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Where to Stay:
The Inn at Cooperstown has been rated one of America's Best Inns and was recently called "unpretentious" and "spotless" by Conde Nast Traveler. The inn, which has been working on some renovations, recently opened a new luxury suite that would make Brangelina swoon. It features a flat screen TV, fireplace, master bath, Wi-Fi and a wet bar on the first floor. There is also a second level with a second full bath, bedroom and sitting area. But wait, it gets better, rates for the suite start as low as $263 a night!

Where to Eat:
Danny's Main Street Deli, 92 Main St # 1, makes sandwiches to order on fresh, specialty breads using ingredients like smoked Gouda, marinated red peppers and homemade mozzarella, all for around $8. On a crisp fall day there is nothing better than getting one of Danny's sandwiches to go and eating it on a blanket or a bench in Lake Front Park on Lake Otsego. To get to the park, walk two blocks down Pioneer St from Main St or drive down, parking is free on the street in any of the surrounding residential neighborhoods.

What to Do:
The Fly Creek Cider Mill in Otsego, just outside of Cooperstown is a must-do fall activity for locals. Fly Creek offers over 40 specialty foods to taste, a restaurant that serves the most delicious homemade caramel apple pie on the planet, hourly tours of their working cider mill and a large duck pond with observation deck where you can have a cup of hot cider or a cider float depending on the weather. The cider mill is open daily from 9:00 am to 6 pm through December.

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· Danny's Market [Frommers]
· Fourth annual Baseball Film Festival returns Oct. 2-4 [Baseball Hall of Fame]
· Back of the Envelope Guides [Jaunted]

[Photo: baseball hall of Fame]