Long Island has so many interesting places to do and things to see. We listed five you should have on your list for 2023.
Visit a Castle - Forget traveling all the way to Britain or Scotland, we have castles right here on Long Island. Okay, they’re not all real medieval castles but they are close enough. Want to explore a big house and feel like you’re in an episode of Game of Thrones or Downton Abbey? Explore one of the great big castles on Long Island.
Take a Walk Around the Kings Park Psych Center Grounds - Nissequogue River State Park was opened in 2000 on a waterfront portion of the Kings Park Psych Center. Some of those acres include the hospital grounds where buildings still stand. You can’t trespass inside the buildings but you can sneak a peek.
Go to Tesla’s Wardenclyffe Building - The famous tower was destroyed in 1917 and sold for scrap but a group has purchased the property and they are establishing a museum there. At one time, Nikola Tesla had the idea of building a global, wireless system for communication and power transfer by using the Earth’s conductivity for transmission of electrical currents right in Shoreham on Long Island.
Tour the Long Island Bay Houses - A handful of little bay homes still dot the marshlands of Hempstead Bay, a holdover of the shacks that baymen built to be close to the water where they made their living starting as far back as the 1600s. These tiny homes have no electricity, no permanent foundations and are prone to floating away in exceptionally high tides. Once seen as a hazard to the wetlands, these curiosities became seen as an important part of Long Island history and promptly preserved by conservationists. You can take a tour of the Long Island Bay Houses here.
See the Apollo Lunar Module - The 13th and final lunar module was never flown and is on permanent loan from the Smithsonian Institution to the Cradle of Aviation Museum on Charles Lindbergh Blvd in Garden City.