Just before Syracuse, at exit 34 from I-90, nondescript CANASTOTA is the home of the International Boxing Hall of Fame (May-Sept daily 9am-5pm; Oct-April Mon-Sat 9am-5pm, Sun 9am-4pm; $4; tel 315/697-7095), a mecca for boxing enthusiasts but easily skipped by anyone else. Canastota's links with boxing go back to early in the nineteenth century, and this ten-thousand-strong village has produced two postwar world champions: Carmen Basilio, who took away the m... [More]