Hyde Park is famous for the homes of wealthy former residents, including Franklin Roosevelt and the Vanderbilts.

Once the capital of New York, Kingston now sits among rugged hills like a tiny morsel of history clinging to a past that no longer fits in today's world. Dating back to 1658, the Stockade section of the village is the main come on to tourists passing through the area.

New York City is the epicenter of finance, business, publishing, the arts, real estate and just about everything else. It represents a mind-boggling abundance of opportunities, experiences, sights and sounds. With a combined population of over eight million people in the five boroughs, it's the largest city in the country and ranks among the top ten largest in the world.

Poughkeepsie has been a town in decline in recent years, but a surge of revitalization in its historic downtown district and active artistic and cultural events mean the town's glory days may not yet be over.

It was the home of Washington Irving and the topic of his tale The Legend of Sleepy Hollow; it is the final resting place of such American greats as Andrew Carnegie and William Rockefeller; and it was the capture site of conspirator Major John Andre, cohort to the traitor Benedict Arnold. Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow, once known as North Tarrytown, are one of the greatest draws to tourism in the Hudson River Valley.

In the mid-1800s, the Catskills were a resort area for the rich and famous with a popularity that lasted until the middle of the next century. Now, the Catskills are waking up and developing as a second-home region to frazzled city dwellers that take refuge in the hills during weekend furloughs.

Halfway up a rocky ledge in the Hudson River Valley with an eagle's view of the water below, West Point was a strategic stronghold during the Revolutionary War and today is the proud home of the United States Military Academy.

Yonkers has earned its stars historically as a major industrial city; and it remains today as the fourth largest city in New York state, a top manufacturing center, and home to over 200,000 people. Its population portrays the true meaning of America as a ?melting pot' with its diverse ethnic cultures derived from a long history of immigration.