Johanna Porr

"Great plays, good food & worth a visit just to see a perfect example of Newburgh's adaptive reuse. This theater and restaurant are housed in the old West Shore passenger train station."

"1830's home of the Deyo family, row houses known as "quality row," home was wired by Thomas Edison while he lived there in 1884, fully restored by local artist Don Herron."

"Colonial Terraces neighborhood, built by Henry Wright in 1917 as America's first garden city, statue of famous Newburgher (and NYS's first Governor) George Clinton is in the park along Fullerton Ave."

"For info about the vibrant arts scene in the city, stop here first. They have an art supply store, collectible shop and Bed & Breakfast, they also host a fabulous Open Studios Tour every September."

"Twenty room, Second Empire Italianate architecture. The 1868 mansion was built by Newburgher Judge William Fullerton who famously cross examined Henry Ward Beecher in the 1875 adultery trial."

"The ruins of the 1767 Caldwallader Colden, Jr. mansion are along 17K. The interior paneling is on display in the Verplanck room at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC."