Destiny USA, Syracuse (must see)

Destiny USA (also known by its former name, Carousel Center, 1990–2012) is a six-story, automobile-oriented super-regional shopping and entertainment complex in Central New York on the shore of Onondaga Lake in the city of Syracuse. It is the largest shopping mall in New York. Main anchor stores include Macy's, At Home, Dick's Sporting Goods, Forever 21, DSW, Old Navy, Nordstrom Rack, and TJ Maxx. There are vacant anchors left by JCPenney, Lord & Taylor, Bon-Ton, Best Buy, Saks Off 5th, and Michaels.

Destiny USA opened on October 15, 1990 as the Carousel Center mall. The mall has six above-ground floors and one underground floor. The lower three floors and the underground floor are used for retail shops. The first and second floors span the length of the mall and house the various shops, vendors, restaurants, and entertainment venues, with the major food court and namesake carousel located on the second floor. The third floor includes a 19-screen Regal Cinemas, restaurants, and entertainment options. The fourth floor is primarily administrative offices. The underground floor, known as the Commons floor, houses medium-sized stores, a chapel, kiosks, and two underground parking garages. One underground garage once housed Best Buy's installation center, which closed with the store in 2021. The Commons floor does not span the full length of the mall and is in only the original mall structure built in 1990, not the 2012 addition.

Destiny USA has outside parking surrounding the mall on nearly all sides. On the Hiawatha Boulevard side, additional parking lots are located across the street from the mall and a pedestrian bridge was built to connect the parking lot to the second floor of the 2012 addition. Parking includes one above-ground and two underground parking garages. The mall is served by CENTRO buses. There are main entrances on nearly all sides of the mall. Other entrances are located through the anchor stores and from the underground parking lots.