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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...
Palisades Interstate Park, Bear Mountain, NY 10911
So named for the slumbering ursine appearance of rounded edges of the mountain, the park encompasses acres of rolling land overlooking Hessian Lake. The first section of the Appalachian Trial was created here in 1923, taking hikers south to the Delaware Water Gap. Now the park draws thousands of visitors each year to...
1601 Rt 9D, Garrison, NY 10524
High on a bluff within the Hudson Highlands section of the Appalachians, the Boscobel mansion looks out over the river, albeit around 15 miles from its original lookout where it was built in the first decade of the 19th century. This former home of States and Elizabeth Dyckman is considered a fine specimen of Federal...
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...
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...
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...
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 &...
Knox's Headquarters State Historic Site
Old Forge Hill Rd, Vails Gate, NY 12584
This handsome fieldstone dwelling built in 1754 for prosperous merchant John Ellison is now a small museum containing displays about the family and their celebrated houseguests during the Revolutionary War including General Knox, the army's commander of artillery, Quartermaster General Nathanael Greene and Major...
Locust Grove, the Samuel Morse Historic Site
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...
New Windsor Cantonment State Historic Site
Rt 300, Vails Gate, NY 12584
This 120 acres became the last winter quarters or "cantonment" in 1782 for General George Washington and 7000 troops, accompanied by about 500 women and children. From October through December they built 600 log huts and a "Temple of Virtue" which also served as a public building. It was struck by lightning, but a...
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