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Address: 120 Front St, Torches Restaurant Dock, Newburgh, NY 12550
Sailing each weekend from May through October, Hudson River Adventures offers two excursions to Pollepel Island which was believed by the Native Americans to be haunted. One tour allows passengers to disembark and don hard hats to walk around the ruin of the castle that was originally constructed at the turn of the...
Address: 189 Montgomery St, Newburgh, NY 12550
An outstanding collection of early Hudson River School paintings as well as archival photos of the region's life and commerce are housed within this stately Palladian mansion constructed in 1834 and operated by the Historical Society of Newburgh. Once the home of ship builder David Crawford, the home now displays a...
Address: 3 Beekman St, Beacon, NY 12508
The airy warehouse built in 1929 for Nabisco becomes the spare backdrop for an art collection that was, prior to 1999, rarely seen by the public. Philippa de Menil and Heiner Friedrich began collecting these works from the 1960s through the present. Featured works include Andy Warhol's famous Shadows. The space has...
Address: Carpenter Ave and 3rd St, Shelter House & Visitor Center, Newburgh, NY 12551
Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, fathers and master designers of Central Park in NYC, were also responsible for creating this 35-acre urban respite named for their mentor and supporter of the public parks movement. The landscaping features many a winding path opening to a picture perfect vignette of flowering...
Address: 4079 Albany Post Rd, Hyde Park, NY 12538
Start at the visitor center for the 22-minute film, A Rendezvous With History, to introduce yourself to the Roosevelt experience. Then, tour the house known as Springwood, home to FDR, the only President elected to four terms. He was also the first president to start an official library. The Presidential Library &...
Locust Grove, the Samuel Morse Historic Site
Address: 2683 South Rd, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
This home's most illustrious owner was Samuel F.B. Morse who changed the history of communication with his electromagnetic telegraph. He took residence in 1847 and proceeded to remodel the existing structure into an Italianate villa with the design of Alexander Jackson Davis. He also added to the extensive landscaping...
Address: Old Pleasant Hill Rd, Mountainville, NY 10953
The Hudson Highlands and the dynamic atmosphere created by changing light and skies create an unparalleled outdoor exhibition space for this permanent collection of European and American abstract and figurative sculptures by such modern masters as Alexander Calder, Henry Moore and Louise Nevelson. The center's 500...
Address: 81 Vanderbilt Park Rd, Hyde Park, NY 12538
The Vanderbilt Mansion celebrates a way of life modeled on the English country house, the lives of the domestic staff and the relationship of the manor to the surrounding community, rather than paying tribute to just one family. The home is open to guided tours only, but the 211 acres of park land dotted with...
Washington's Headquarters State Historic Site
Address: 84 Liberty St, Newburgh, NY 12551
Almost a straight shot through the woods from the New Windsor Cantonment, General Washington chose this small, fieldstone, Dutch-style home of Jonathan Hasbrouck to be his headquarters for just over a year towards the end of the Revolution. Location played a big role in his choice not only for proximity to the camp...
Address: 600 Thayer Rd, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY 10996
Housed in the Gothic-style Olmstead Hall that features a central, imposing turret, the West Point Museum has one of the oldest collections of military artifacts, weapons, uniforms and artillery available in the US. Some pieces date back to 1777, well before the Academy opened its doors in 1802. Parts of the collection...
