The adventures of Jen and Doug and a black cat named Mr. Knightley.
Saratoga Springs, N.Y., was known once upon a time as “the Queen of the Spas” for its numerous natural mineral springs and their supposed health benefit (from both drinking and bathing) for treating things such …
The Park–McCullough Historic Governor’s Mansion in North Bennington, Vt., is a 35-room Victorian “country house” set on 200 acres today, down from 700 acres at its peak. Built in 1865 by attorney and entrepreneur Trenor …
We visited the former Shaker commune Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield, Mass. It was an active Shaker community from the late 1700s until the middle of the 20th century. The community’s peak was in the …
Nestled right along the Hudson River in Tarrytown, N.Y., sits Washington Irving’s Sunnyside home. The home, purchased as a small stone farmhouse in 1835, sits on 10 acres, and is a mixture of Dutch Colonial …
Thomas Cole was a founder of the Hudson River School of American Painting and is widely regarded as the father of American landscape painting, yet he was born and raised in England. He came to …
The Frelinghuysen Morris House and Studio in Lenox, MA was an unexpected delight. It was the home of George L. K. Morris and Suzy Frelinghuysen, two abstract artists we had never heard of; yet, the …
The Untermyer Park and Gardens in Yonkers, N.Y., are the 43-acre remnant of Samuel Untermyer’s original 150-acre estate, “Greystone”. It is situated on steep land rising from the Hudson River, and as such has glorious …
On our travels up the Hudson River we stopped in to the United States Military Academy, commonly known as West Point. Though the West Point Museum was closed, the Visitors Center was open and had …
Letchworth Village was not actually a village per se, but a (now-closed) residential institution for the physically and mentally disabled. Located in Thiells, N.Y., the facility opened in 1911 and served all ages, from newborn …
400-acre Woodlawn Cemetery was founded in 1863, and now has more than 310,000 interments. Located in the Bronx, N.Y., the non-sectarian cemetery is meticulously maintained, and has absolutely gorgeous mature trees (there are walking tours …
