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Plank Road in Newburgh NY is just one of several Hudson Valley roads that were at one time paved with thick wooden planks.

Place name origins are varied across the Hudson Valley & Catskill Mountains. Have you ever wondered, "how did that place get its name?"

There's a location in Poughkeepsie NY that is clearly a jinx for any hotels that rest upon it.

By 1945 Lindmark's Bookstore was said to have somewhere around 300,000 books that were valued at around $2million.

Watermelon selection is as always a challenge. You're faced with piles of watermelons everywhere but how do you pick a ripe one?

The Childrens fountain drew a good amount of heat over its odd looks and central placement which was considered a scar on the village.

There is many a Hudson Valley Haunting but the one at Blithewood Mansion on the grounds of Bard College in Annandale-On-Hudson is truly an unusual one.

As is well known, many a Hudson River steamship found its final resting place at the bottom of the Hudson River or run aground on its rocky shores.

Scrabble was the brainchild of one Alfred Mosher Butts, who was born in Poughkeepsie, NY, in 1899 and graduated from Poughkeepsie High School in 1917.