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Beacon

4 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Beacon, New York

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Bannerman's Island Arsenal

Beacon, New York

Bannerman's Castle

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

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Zelda Fitzgerald's Abandoned Sanatorium.

Beacon, New York

Zelda Fitzgerald's Abandoned Sanatorium

The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.

41.4888, -73.9679

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Abandoned Dennings Point Brickworks

Beacon, New York

Dennings Point Ruins

This abandoned factory on the Hudson River once churned out a million bricks a week.

41.4913, -73.9826

Added by AceOfCups

The Abandoned Dutch Reform Church Cemetery

Beacon, New York

The Abandoned Dutch Reform Church Cemetery

This abandoned cemetery is crumbling into ruin, exposing the artifacts and bodies buried there.

41.5064, -73.9804

Added by Luke J Spencer

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Greenhouse ruins at the Cornish Estate

Cold Spring, New York

Ruins of the Cornish Estate

A ruined mansion hidden in the woods of the Hudson Valley, home of a tragically doomed romance.

41.4377, -73.9700

Added by Luke J Spencer

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Entering the abandoned quarry from the Washburn Trail

Cold Spring, New York

Mt. Taurus Quarry

Reforestation in action is the main attraction in this abandoned quarry.

41.4286, -73.9623

Added by katetruisi

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Wappingers Falls, New York

New Hamburg's Curious Guests

Trio of female dolls rotate positions and outfits daily at this strange historic home.

41.5876, -73.9488

Added by Madiha Bataineh

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