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Catskill Game Farm

The abandoned ruins of America's first private zoo are open for exploration in the Catskills.

42.2239, -73.9891

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Catskill, New York

Catamount People's Museum

An enormous cat made of recycled wood scraps.

42.2168, -73.8691

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The Olana mansion.

Hudson, New York

Olana

The Hudson River School comes alive at this palatial estate.

42.2171, -73.8293

1 MILE FROM Catskill

The Basement Bistro

Earlton, New York

Basement Bistro

This one-man homegrown eatery may be the world's most exclusive restaurant with its five-year waiting list.

42.3553, -73.9278

10 MILEs FROM Catskill

Haines Falls, New York

Kaaterskill Falls and the Bayard of Dogs

A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.

42.1924, -74.0699

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10 MILEs FROM Catskill

An unidentified man sitting in front of the Cruger Island "ruins", probably in the early decades of the 20th century

Redhook, New York

Mayan Ruins on the Hudson

For over 80 years, Mayan ruins stood proudly in a most unlikely location.

42.0320, -73.9287

13 MILEs FROM Catskill

A view of Opus 40 from the eastern edge of the quarry

Saugerties, New York

Opus 40

One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.

42.0507, -74.0317

14 MILEs FROM Catskill

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