The Spring colors are back and there's no better place to see the blooms than Rip Van Winkle Gardens on Jefferson Island. Jefferson Island really isn't an island at all. Prehistoric salt domes were ...

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HAINES FALLS, New York -- The Catskill Mountains were a big inspiration for Washington Irving, the author of the legendary short story "Rip Van Winkle." Nowadays, locals celebrate an annual tradition ...

One of the weirdest paintings in the National Gallery of Art — and one of my favorites — is John Quidor’s 1849 “The Return of Rip Van Winkle,” which shows Washington Irving’s title character ...