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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Sleepy Hollow

4 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Sleepy Hollow, New York

Updated June 3, 2020

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The Old Dutch Church overlooks an old cemetery (the Sleepy Hollow cemetery is nearby).

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The Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
Kykuit, the Rockefeller Estate

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Kykuit, the Rockefeller Estate

The home of one of America's most wealthy industrialists is now a historic site that remembers a more decadent time in the country's history.
Detail of a Chagall piece inside the church

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Chagall and Matisse Glass

This tiny church near Sleepy Hollow contains Henri Matisse's last work, a rose window, and nine windows by Marc Chagall.

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Headless Horseman Bridge

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.
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Rockefeller State Park Preserve's Glacial Erratic.

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Glacial Erratic

This giant rock arrived at this quiet park thousands of years ago on the back of a massive glacier.
1 mile from Sleepy Hollow
Lyndhurst Bowling Alley.

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Lyndhurst Bowling Alley

One of the earliest bowling lanes in the U.S. doubled as a sewing school during a time when women had little job opportunity.
2 miles from Sleepy Hollow

Nyack, New York

The Ghost of Nyack

Haunted Victorian house that inspired a legendary "Ghostbusters" court ruling.
3 miles from Sleepy Hollow
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