The Sleepy Hollow Lighthouse has other monikers, including Tarrytown Lighthouse and Kingsland Point Lighthouse. Top photo by P. Meybruck/ Adobe Stock. All other photos by Harry Steiner/ Courtesy of ...

AND LORE. I MEAN, A HEADLESS HORSEMAN. HALLOWEEN IS PRETTY EPIC IN SLEEPY HOLLOW, BUT IT’S ALSO A PLACE BORDERED BY WATER WITH A LEGENDARY RIVER OF ITS OWN. TOTALLY DEFINES THE IDENTITY OF THE RIVER ...

SOUTH TO MANHATTAN. EERIE STONE RELICS IN THE BRONX. A STREET SIGN OFFERS A CLUE. THE AQUEDUCT WAS DESIGNED TO BRING FRESH, DRINKABLE WATER INTO NEW YORK CITY. IT WAS THE WAY TO RESCUE NEW YORK. SARAH ...

With Halloween just around the corner, it's time to dust off some of your favorite spooky stories for another read. One such story that seems to recur every so often around this time of year is that ...

When the leaves turn fiery colors and the air becomes crisp, visitors flock to Sleepy Hollow in lower Hudson Valley to wander the historic tombs at the Old Dutch Church, one of the real-life settings ...

New York is more than the Big Apple — small towns throughout the Empire State are lush with natural beauty, history, culture and more. The Lower Hudson Valley is no exception. Sleepy Hollow, a village ...

Some stories linger in the mind long after the last page is turned. The legend of the Headless Horseman is one of those stories. It has been whispered around campfires, retold in classrooms, and ...

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