Buffalo Airport

Local sports teams are known as the “Bison,” but to be technically correct they should be called the “Ictiobus.” That’s because Buffalo was named after the fish species prevalent in the local lakes, not the shaggy animal that once dominated the Great Plains. A rough fish for a mascot probably wouldn’t be a great imagine maker and in Buffalo, they know how to make a good impression.

Downtown is pristine, the lakes are wonderful, the city has a great system of parks, and the new arrival/departure building at the airport is just the thing you want to see when you climb out of your airplane after...