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- Northern Dutchess Botanical GardensSight
- Pondside Press Graphics Workshop & Art GalleryMuseum
- Wilderstein Historic SiteSight
- Vlei Marsh TrailTrail
- Elsewhere
- Phoenicia DinerRestaurantPhoenicia, United Statesclose to a home near Phoenicia
- Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational RiverSightCallicoon, United StatesCanoe through rapids and quiet pools as the Delaware River winds its way through a valley of swiftly changing scenery…
- Dorflinger Glass MuseumMuseumWhite Mills, United StatesHome to one of the nation’s largest collection of Dorflinger glass, with 1,000 pieces of cut, engraved, etched, gilded…
- West Kill BreweryBarWest Kill, United States5 miles down a dead end road sits West Kill Brewing: a small batch craft brewery nestled in the Catskill Mountains.
- Opus 40Public artworkSaugerties, United StatesIt comprises a sprawling series of dry-stone ramps, pedestals and platforms covering 6.5 acres (2.6 ha) of a bluestone…
- Storm King Art CenterParkNew Windsor, United StatesIt contains perhaps the largest collection of contemporary outdoor sculptures in the United States.
- Goosepond Mountain State ParkNature reserveChester, United StatesThe park is located within the Town of Chester and is administered by the Palisades Interstate Park Commission.
- Damascus Forest TrailTrailDamascus, United States
- Second District Brew FarmRestaurantHonesdale, United States
- Devil’s Path TrailTrailGloversville, United States
- Huckleberry PointSightTannersville, United States
- Overlook Mountain TrailheadTrailWoodstock, United States
- Sloan Gorge PreserveSightSaugerties, United States
- Great KnotPublic artworkSaugerties, United States
- Overlook Mountain Wild ForestNature reserveWoodstock, United States
- Harriman State ParkParkHarriman, United States
- Fitzgerald FallsSightCornwall, United States
- Mombasha ParkParkMonroe, United States
- Legoland New York ResortSightGoshen, United States
- Ashley FallsSightCatskill, United States
- Rip Van Winkle Brewing CompanyRestaurantCatskill, United States