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Unusual Attractions in Woodstock

Woodstock, New York

Overlook Mountain House Ruins

A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

Woodstock, New York

Woodstock School of Art Sculpture Garden

A peaceful international sculpture garden in upstate New York.

Woodstock, New York

Woodstock Artists Cemetery

Now the final resting place of prominent artists and musicians, it was originally founded to separate the rich from the poor in death.

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Opus 40

One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.

4 miles from Woodstock

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The Dollhouse

An abandoned dollhouse factory.

5 miles from Woodstock

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Dibbles Quarry

An abandoned 19th century quarry in the middle of the woods, remade by unnamed wanderers into a massive series of rock thrones.

6 miles from Woodstock

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Steve Heller's Fabulous Furniture (and Sculpture Garden)

Homemade rockets, dinosaurs, and robots make this New York small business much more than a furniture store.

8 miles from Woodstock

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Archaeologists are finding evidence of the landmark festival anyway.

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