DISH Cable Company for Your Home in Amsterdam, NY

Amsterdam is underrated. Sure, downtown can feel a bit empty sometimes, but that's only because everyone is at work or school or on the Southside. Well, that and politics sometimes get in the way of real change. But regardless of how busy downtown is, you know the truth—your town has tons of character.

For goodness' sake, there's a castle here—the strikingly beautiful Amsterdam Castle, which stored weapons in 1895 and is now a bed and breakfast. There's also the thriving St. Regis Mohawk Tribe and the 5,000-year-old ancestral artifacts found on the banks of the Mohawk River. There's also rich Puerto Rican ancestry representing at Rosito's Bakery, El Caribe, and family rooms all over town. There's also rich Italian ancestry and at least a dozen restaurants, like Bottisti's, to show for it. There are tight-knit urban clusters and then not five miles down the 30, there's countryside and farms—not to mention twice-weekly farmers markets during the summer.

Talk about Amsterdam, and you're talking about character. To learn about even more melting-pot towns like yours, watch cooking, lifestyle, travel channels on DISH TV.