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Address: 231 Montauk Hwy, Water Mill, NY 11976
This vineyard on the South Fork is a prime tourist attraction, thanks to its proximity to the Hamptons' main resort areas – of course, award-winning merlots, cabernets, chardonnays, and blueberry ports don't hurt the popularity either. The 50+-acre vineyard features a Normandy-style chateau, and its "tell-tail" labels (designed to honor the Long...
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Address: 1 Ocean Pkwy, Wantagh, NY 11793
Considered one of Long Island's best (and most crowded) beaches, Jones Beach has been a popular day-trip destination since the 1920s. Take a stroll along the boardwalk, play miniature golf, grab some food, or just hang out on the beach and build a sandcastle with the kids – 2400 acres and 6-plus miles of shoreline offer plenty of options. Each...
Coe Hall and the Planting Fields
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Address: 1395 Planting Fields Rd, Oyster Bay, NY 11771
One of the most impressive residences on the East Coast, this former home of Standard Oil heiress Mai Rogers Coe and her husband (insurance tycoon William Robertson Coe) is now a chief attraction in Nassau County. The Tudor Revival mansion has been painstakingly cared for over the years and still maintains its Roaring '20s stateliness. Rooms are...
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Address: 20 Sagamore Hill Rd, Oyster Bay, NY 11771
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Sagamore Hill served as President Theodore Roosevelt's Long Island home from 1885 until 1919. Visitors find that it looks much as it did during the family's residence in the early 20th century. Original furnishings adorn the home, along with the President's big game trophies, animal skins, and...
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Address: 120 Laurel St, Main Office, Patchogue, NY 11772
This long, narrow barrier island reaches from the historic William Floyd Estate to Robert Moses State Park. It was designated a National Seashore in 1964 in the hopes that its bird habitats, maritime forests, and sandy dunes would remain free from commercial development. Road access to Fire Island is limited to the southern- and northern-most...
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Address: 1 Museum Dr, Roslyn Harbor, NY 11576
A must-see for Long Island vacationers, this beautiful museum campus ranges across some 140 acres and includes an 18th-century Georgian mansion that belonged to William Cullen Bryant and, later, the son of US Steel co-founder, Henry Clay Frick. The museum's priceless permanent collection features more than 600 pieces of American and European art,...
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Address: 50 S Fairview Ave, Montauk, NY 11954
This narrow stretch of land becomes heavily wooded as it reaches into the Atlantic and forms Long Island's eastern tip. Here, seals gather and frolic on the shore. While not boasting the area's most hospitable swimming, Montauk Point does lay claim to what are, arguably, the island's best surf-fishing waters. Picnic shelters are available, and the...
Vanderbilt Museum & Planetarium
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Address: 180 Little Neck Rd, Centerport, NY 11721
Although construction began on William K. Vanderbilt II's exquisite Spanish Revival mansion in 1910, the home wasn't completed until some 26 years later. Rooms in the Gold Coast-era mansion are now open to the public, allowing intimate glimpses into the lifestyle of one of the nation's wealthiest families. Aside from the historic Vanderbilt...
Sag Harbor Whaling & Historical Museum
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Address: 200 Main St, Sag Harbor, NY 11963
Housed in a stately 19th-century Greek Revival mansion, this unique museum charts the industry that kept Sag Harbor "in business" for so many years. Whaling drew adventurous young men from the four corners of the globe, all hoping to make their fortunes aboard ships anchored in the harbor. Exhibits of century-old whale jawbones, tools, weapons,...
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Address: 246 Old Walt Whitman Rd, West Hills, NY 11746
Walt Whitman – whose poems "Song of Myself," "O Captain! My Captain," and "I Sing The Body Electric" are oft anthologized – was born on Long Island in 1819. The poet, whose free verse extolled the virtues of nature and individuality, broke all the rules held dear by his contemporaries and helped redefine American literature forever. Whitman no...
