The abandoned Bannerman Castle is deteriorating on the Hudson River in New York. The island it sits on opened to visitors in 2020.National Archives and Records Administration, Joey Hadden/Business ...

Once worth millions, these abandoned mansions and castles around the world fell into ruin after fires, wars, and financial ...

One of the stranger sights on the river, Bannerman's island castle is a high-walled ruin topped with turrets that looks like it was built to repel catapult attacks. In reality, the century-old ...

A 6.5-acre island, famous for a castle, sits in the middle of the Hudson River between Beacon and Cold Spring. Pollepel Island, also known as Bannerman’s Island after the Bannerman Castle, is steeped ...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated. The new version can be seen here. For many of us, staycations are this year’s vacations. Instead of the cottages and castles of the Continent, visit one of ...

This summer, Untapped Cities is excited to host a series of tours of the scenic ruins of Bannerman Castle, located on Pollepel Island in the Hudson River just off Beacon. Built as a warehouse for a ...

Bannerman’s island castle is a high-walled ruin topped with turrets that looks like it was built to repel catapult attacks. In reality, the century-old structure off the river’s eastern shore was a ...

Last year a group of intrepid explorers made their way over to Bannerman’s Castle, photographing the crumbling site, which in 1967 was sold to New York's Taconic State Park Commission. The castle was ...

Editor’s Note: This post originally ran in 2010 and has been updated. You can read the original post here. Every adventure should include an atmospheric ruin and Bannerman Castle is close enough for ...

RIVER HOT SPOT. BEACON NEW YORK HAS A MAGICAL SETTING NESTLED BETWEEN DRAMATIC HILLS AND A GRAND RIVER. OF COURSE. WHAT MAGICAL SETTING WOULD BE COMPLETE WITHOUT ITS OWN CASTLE? NO, YOUR EYES DON’T ...

The Falcon restaurant and music venue in Marlboro will host a fundraiser for the Bannerman’s Island restoration project. The event, from noon to 4 p.m. April 23, will include brunch, a show and a ...

Pollepel Island, a 6.5-acre island in the Hudson River between Cold Spring and Beacon, is also known as Bannerman’s Island after the Bannerman Castle and is steeped in history. It is said that ...