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  • An Abandoned Outhouse Less Than 20 Miles From NYC

    An Abandoned Outhouse Less Than 20 Miles From NYC

    This week, I’ve been scouting for abandoned houses in the woods, and happened to come across this beauty about 20 miles outside of the city. As I was taking pictures, I happened to notice a little hut up the hill nearby. I figured it was just a tool shed, but then thought occurred to me……

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  • Retracing Ichabod Crane’s Journey Through Sleepy Hollow

    Retracing Ichabod Crane’s Journey Through Sleepy Hollow

    Last week, I was heading home from a day of scouting in Westchester when I found myself passing through Sleepy Hollow. Suddenly, it felt like autumn had officially arrived. As a kid, there was nothing I loved more around Halloween than revisiting The Legend of Sleepy Hollow – both Washington Irving’s tale, for which I…

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  • So This Is The Largest Boulder On Long Island

    So This Is The Largest Boulder On Long Island

    Yesterday, I was driving along Shelter Rock Road in Long Island on my way back to the city… And as I was driving, I started to think to myself that Shelter Rock Road is a really interesting name for a street, and that it was too bad I’d probably never know find out what the…

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  • Inside the Paramount Theatre, Shuttered For Over 25 Years

    Inside the Paramount Theatre, Shuttered For Over 25 Years

    Whenever I drive down Bay Street in Staten Island… …I always wonder about the boarded-up movie theater between Union and Prospect. Shuttered for over 25 years, this was once the art deco Paramount Theatre, one of Staten Island’s grandest movie theaters. Built on the site of Cornelius Vanderbilt’s childhood farmhouse, the Paramount opened in October,…

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