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Excellent story! My goodness, how could you not resist? That is one spectacular edifice, and one that, were a younger man, would have to be a visit I would take in a split second.

I wonder who maintains the place? I would think that someone would be willing to offer a tour for the right price.

Can you imagine what having a medieval-style party would be like? Thank you for the tantalizing pictures and well written article.

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The property is owned by the Clarke family. They must have cameras well concealed because in the structure itself there were none I could detect. There are no wires running to it but that doesn’t mean they don’t have electricity there.

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Reminds me of one of the two video games I've played - Myst and Riven. Just need to queue the great music. 🤔

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Yes - that area can get really gloomy. My son asked me one time “is this the bridge where they throw the sacrifice in the water so crops grow in the spring?”🤣

I have video from a past Sunday Nights Radio podcast I’ll share soon. There are some interesting legends in that region.

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I grew up in mid-Ohio and there were story's aplenty in them old homes and grounds. I have been witness to ghosts.

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Homes aren’t under my purview but grounds are. If you’ve got a good adventure, I’d love to publish it. Just email cole@quandarymagazine.com

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This reminds me, Zee. There’s another great Catskills hike called the Labyrinth. It gets misty too. Ever try it?

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I’m shocked Zee resisted for so many decades. You bring up excellent points about maintenance though.

Tours would probably go a long way in offsetting the cost!

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I really wish they would consider that. But the Clarke family is fairly set in its ways.

There is another structure owned by the Clarkes that you can hike to. I have a Halloween story related to that when my sister,wife, kids and I hiked up there about 11 years ago. I’ll have to do a follow up for October, it’s pretty eerie.

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Maybe it’ll become some kind of local museum someday. Who knows!

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