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Vanderbilt Mansion © Historic Hudson Valley
Tarrytown
Forty miles (64km) north of New York City is Tarrytown, known to
Washington Irving fans as Sleepy Hollow, setting for the
Legend
of Sleepy Hollow. The town is packed with historic homes
including the impressive Rockerfeller residence; Irving's home can
also be visited. Over of the east bank of the river is Hyde Park,
where Roosevelt was born and spent much of his adult life. The
Franklin D Roosevelt Home and Library contains hundreds of photos
and artefacts, including the specially made car he drove after
being struck with polio in 1921, and the letter from Einstein that
led to the development of the atomic bomb. Two miles (3km) outside
Hyde Park is the Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site - a
spectacular Beaux Arts mansion.
