In the midst of New York’s Ramapo Mountains amongst the rolling hills of Rockland County, lies the bucolic hamlet of Thiells. It was the perfect spot for the president of the New York State Board of Charities William Pryor Letchworth to conceive of his new model of progressive care: a self-sufficient village of working farm cottages that would give mentally disabled patients a more humane lifestyle.
Read MoreAbandoned
A Zoo That Was
About two and a half hours from New York City, up the Thruway to Exit 20 and off State Route 32 lies what was once the first privately owned zoo in the U.S. - the Catskill Game Farm.
Read More