Before we leave the Hyde Park area, I wanted to share with you our experiences with the Culinary Institute of America ("CIA"). Loc...

The United States Military Academy is the training ground for our Army commissioned officer corps. Founded by President Thomas Jefferson in ...

Although Hyde Park is most closely associated with the Roosevelt family, just down the road from FDR's Springwood on Route 9 is the Vand...

Located about two miles from the Roosevelt estate, Springwood, is the fieldstone retreat of Eleanor Roosevelt, Val-Kil.  Loosely translated,...

In addition to his Springwood estate in Hyde Park, just a few short miles away, was Franklin Roosevelt's retreat known as Top Cottage. F...

Franklin D. Roosevelt,  or "FDR" as he was affectionately known, was born in Hyde Park, New York and spent a good part of his life...

Vassar college is located in Poughkeepsie, New York in the beautiful Hudson Valley, 75 miles north of New York City.  It was founded in 18...