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You may remember Washington Irving’s short story of Rip Van Winkle, first published in 1819. Rip Van Winkle was a Dutch-American villager who had a habit of avoiding work. He lived in a village at the foot of the Catskill Mountains in … Continue reading →

The Kaaterskill Falls, a two-stage waterfall near Haines Falls in the Catskill Mountains of New York, as seen from below with two people on the ledge at mid-falls.