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1. Humes Japanese Stroll Garden
Within this tranquil 4-acre garden are a teahouse, paths of gravel and stepping-stones, stone lanterns, and a waterfall, plus various mosses and Asian plants. Guided tours, which include a tea ceremony, are usually given once a day on alternate Saturdays; call for more information.
Oyster Bay Rd., Mill Neck, New York, 11560, USA516-676–4486Sight Details
Rate Includes: Garden $7, tours $12, Closed weekdays, Late Apr.–mid-Oct., weekends 11:30–4:30 -
2. Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park
The home of insurance magnate William Robertson Coe from 1910 to 1955, Planting Fields is now a public arboretum with 160 acres of gardens and plant collections and 250 acres of lawns and woodlands. Two greenhouse complexes nurture native plants. Coe Hall, the estate's magnificent Tudor-style manor, is filled with period furnishings and antiques, including windows from the home of Henry VIII's second wife, Anne Boleyn. Guided tours of the house are available.
1395 Planting Fields Rd., Oyster Bay, New York, 11771, USA516-922–9210-for manorSight Details
Rate Includes: $5, Daily 9–5 -
3. Raynham Hall Historical House Museum
Three generations of the Townsend family, renowned merchants and ship traders, lived in this colonial saltbox structure dating from the American Revolution. Sally Townsend was responsible for alerting her father to the fact that a certain Benedict Arnold was going to betray his country. Many of the original family furnishings are in the house, and there are rotating exhibits of Civil War memorabilia and holiday decorations. The house-museum reveals much about Oyster Bay from the time of the Revolution through the town's affluent Victorian period.
20 W. Main St., Oyster Bay, New York, 11771, USA516-922–6808Sight Details
Rate Includes: $7, Closed Mon., Labor Day–June, Tues.–Sun. 1–5; July–Labor Day, Tues.–Sun. noon–5 -
4. Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Known for a time as the "summer White House," this 23-room Victorian was President Teddy Roosevelt's cherished family retreat from 1885 until his death in 1919. In addition to the original furnishings and some personal effects, the house contains animal heads and skins from Roosevelt's many hunting expeditions. The servants' quarters offer a behind-the-scenes look at life here.
20 Sagamore Hill Rd., Oyster Bay, New York, 11771, USA516-922–4788Sight Details
Rate Includes: Free, Closed Mon. and Tues., Grounds daily dawn–dusk. House Memorial Day–Labor Day, daily 10–4; Labor Day–Memorial Day, Wed.–Sun. 10–4 -
5. Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary and Audubon Center
Down the road from Sagamore Hill, Teddy Roosevelt's family home, is this 12-acre bird sanctuary—the perfect legacy of the environmentally active president. More than 125 species of birds live here. Roosevelt is buried in a cemetery on the grounds.
134 Cove Rd., Oyster Bay, New York, 11771, USA516-922–3200Sight Details
Rate Includes: $5, Grounds daily 9–5; center Mon.–Thurs. 8–4:30, Fri. 8–2, weekends 1–4:30 -
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