History + Culture
This year, across the nation, there are many celebrations for the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Less well...
Centuries before pharmacies, Indigenous peoples native to what is now the United States cultivated deep...
Long before bagels or pizza, New York City was famous for its oysters. Best served...
Brickmaking along the Hudson River dates back to the early 1600s, but New York City’s...
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Long before bagels or pizza, New York City was famous for its oysters. Best served fresh from the nearby bays...
Brickmaking along the Hudson River dates back to the early 1600s, but New York City’s growing building-material needs during the...
Among the natural wonders of the Hudson Highlands is a man-made curiosity that speaks of wealth and power from an...
Along with brick-making and ice harvesting, the manufacturing of natural cement earned the region national renown in the 19th century. It also helped fuel...
Thousands are expected to line the streets of Pearl River, N.Y., this year to watch the 62nd annual Rockland County...
The Hudson River has provided a way of getting from here to there since humans first appeared in the region....
From the mid-19th century to the 1930s, few people would think of leaving home without putting on a hat. With all...
Before the mid-1850s, Hudson Valley farms kept a cow or two to supply the family’s dairy needs. It took a...
Block ice was once a can’t-live-without-it piece of American culture. For about a century beginning in the 1830s, keeping food...
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Centuries before pharmacies, Indigenous peoples native to what is now the United States cultivated deep knowledge of the healing power...
Carbon fiber and neoprone — kayaking can feel like a slick modern sport that requires pricey, cutting-edge equipment. The truth is...
Even though it’s native to North America, pawpaw is a delicious fruit that manages not to be widely known among...
Few things offer the sweetness of a Hudson Valley summer more than biting into an ear of local corn. By...
Even many foodies might believe hominy is an exclusively Mexican menu item. Not a chance. In reality, it’s a traditional...
Rocks possess a spirit, an energy that draws people. They are sacred beings … and they carry the weight of...
Not long after the last glacier receded from the Hudson Valley 10,000 years ago, the region’s wildlife-filled forests, rich soils,...
Walk through many forests in the mid- and lower Hudson Valley — including those at Scenic Hudson’s Shaupeneak Ridge, Esopus...
The region we call the Hudson Valley has a deep Indigenous heritage. Early Native American inhabitants of the valley —...
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As the first woman state paleontologist in the country, Winifred Goldring changed the way New York thought about its natural...
“Conservation of land and conservation of people frequently go hand in hand.” — Eleanor Roosevelt Eleanor Roosevelt is rightfully lionized...
When it comes to superlatives, the Hudson Valley definitely holds its own. Here are five more sites that rank supreme...
A race in the clouds on the Fourth of July, with one hot air balloon piloted by a woman! That’s...
As thousands of men went off to fight in the American Revolution, many women kept the home fires burning — which...
She built one of the most striking homes on the Hudson River — and the nation’s first female self-made millionaire...
Described by one writer as the “Bob Dylan and Madonna of her generation,” poet Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950) was...
From the beginning, stargazing has been part of the curriculum at Poughkeepsie’s Vassar College. That’s because Maria Mitchell — America’s...
They fought for working women’s rights, advocated for vulnerable children, even rescued drowning sailors. And of course, they called for...