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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).

Sleepy Hollow, New York

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.
The Old Dutch Church

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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.

Pleasantville, New York

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

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The Ghost of Nyack

Haunted Victorian house that inspired a legendary "Ghostbusters" court ruling.
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