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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Tomkins Cove

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Tomkins Cove, New York

Updated May 31, 2019

Unusual Attractions in Tomkins Cove

Tomkins Cove, New York

Doodletown

Reclaimed by nature, the ruins of Doodletown, New York are remnants of a town consumed by a state park.

Tomkins Cove, New York

Bear Mountain Walt Whitman Statue

The poet's been ambling through these New York woods since 1940.

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Peekskill, New York

Early Electrics

Astonishing collection of helmets, scientific instruments, and medical models.

3 miles from Tomkins Cove

Thiells, New York

Letchworth Village

Decades after testing the polio vaccine on unwitting patients, this historic mental hospital sits in ruin.

3 miles from Tomkins Cove

Haverstraw, New York

The House by the Railroad

This house was the subject of an Edward Hopper painting, which in turn helped inspire the design of the Bates house in Alfred Hitchcock's 'Psycho.'

4 miles from Tomkins Cove

Stony Point, New York

Old Letchworth Village Cemetery

Hundreds of numbered stakes hidden in the woods mark the graves of the lost souls of a nearby asylum.

4 miles from Tomkins Cove

Garrison, New York

Manitoga

This sprawling woodland estate was the brainchild of iconic American industrial designer Russel Wright.

6 miles from Tomkins Cove

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