Long Island has plenty of places with ghost stories, but Mount Misery seems to have collected nearly every variety. For generations, this wooded corner of […]
Author: Crazy Facts About Long Island
The Mystery of Mary’s Grave Has Haunted Long Island for Generations
Long Island has a famous grave that nobody can reliably locate, belonging to a woman nobody can conclusively identify, who died in several completely incompatible […]
You Know the Amityville Horror House, but Do You Know Massapequa’s Hell House?
Everyone knows the Amityville Horror house. It was the scene of a real and terrible crime. On Nov. 13, 1974, Ronald DeFeo Jr. killed his […]
Ticks spread rare rabbit fever as Suffolk County reports four cases
Ticks on Long Island are best known for spreading Lyme disease, but Suffolk County’s unusually active tick season is drawing attention to a much rarer […]
History: Roe’s Hotel in Patchogue in 1924
A Grand Hotel Once Occupied This Stretch of Downtown Patchogue A photograph taken by Eugene L. Armbruster in May 1924 shows Roe’s Hotel on the […]
After 181 Years, Yaphank’s LIRR Stop Moved 3.5 Miles East
Long Island does not get a new train station very often. In fact, the newly opened Yaphank-BNL station is only the second new Long Island […]
From Turkey Farm to Superfund Site: The Lawrence Aviation Story
Most people using the Setauket–Port Jefferson Station Greenway have no idea they’re passing one of Long Island’s best-known environmental cleanup sites: Lawrence Aviation. The paved […]
The Forgotten Prime-Time Soap Set in the Hamptons
In the summer of 1983, television executives looked at the success of Dallas, Dynasty, Falcon Crest, and Knots Landing and came to what seemed like […]
Long Island Railfans: Big Boy No. 4014, the World War II-Era Steam Giant, Is Heading East This Summer
For Long Islanders interested in trains, railroad history, or simply seeing one of the largest machines ever put on rails, this summer offers a rare […]
Orient Point Light: A “Spark Plug” Lighthouse Standing Between Long Island and Plum Island
Orient Point Light stands on Oyster Pond Reef in Plum Gut, the narrow passage between Orient Point and Plum Island. The cast-iron lighthouse was first […]