PHOTOS: Deep in the snowy woods of the Adirondacks, you'll find a natural history museum that has transformed its space into an ethereal display of holiday lights — just at the edge of wilderness.
Kris Ruby and her dog Ezra enjoy the holiday lights displayed at the Wild Center in the Adirondack Mountains in Tupper Lake, NY.Kris Ruby and her dog Ezra enjoy the holiday lights displayed at the Wild Center in the Adirondack Mountains in Tupper Lake, NY.Dark comes early this time of year in Tupper Lake, a mountain village in northern New York not far from the Canadian border.
"It's pretty and magical and there are pools of light reflecting down on the snow," says my friend Catherine Seidenberg, who bundled up to make the walk with me. When you think holiday lights, that usually means a neighbor's house lit up like a cruise ship, or a downtown street transformed by color.Al J Thompson for NPRHoliday lights displayed at the Wild Center in the Adirondack Mountains in Tupper Lake, NY.But this is the Wild Center, a nature museum deep in the Adirondack Mountains.