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A.M. Brune

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2016

Since 2001, A.M. Brune has reported and written hundreds of freelance newspaper, magazine and website articles – from pitch to print – for publications, such as the New Yorker, The Guardian, the New York Times, The Nation, Atlas Obscura and others on a variety of topics, including world affairs, social justice, human rights and culture. Brune has also worked as a press officer at the United Nations and an associate editor for the UN Yearbook, an annual chronicle of all things UN. Brune holds a BS in Journalism from Northwestern University and an MS in Journalism from Columbia University in the City of New York. She often brings along a camera on assignments and is known to shoot her own photos.
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The Dyckman Farmhouse

New York, New York

Dyckman Farmhouse

This Dutch Colonial home is the oldest remaining farmhouse in Manhattan.

Seaman-Drake Arch

New York, New York

Seaman-Drake Arch

Surrounded by low rise buildings and partially converted into an auto body shop, this marble archway is the only vestige of a forgotten Manhattan estate.

Old steps left over from the town.

Tomkins Cove, New York

Doodletown

Reclaimed by nature, the ruins of Doodletown, New York are remnants of a town consumed by a state park.

An overview of the Marble Hill neighborhood, seen from the west.

New York, New York

Marble Hill

Manhattan and the Bronx have been playing tug-of-war over this former island neighborhood for more than a century.

The Pelham Picture House with windows painted by local student artists in celebration of Halloween

Village of Pelham, New York

Pelham Picture House

A century-old historical movie theatre that plays a mix of independent and mainstream films.

Van Cortlandt Park Monoliths

Bronx, New York

Van Cortlandt Park Monoliths

Small monoliths of several varieties of stone sit alongside a wooded path in the Bronx.

The Seely "Skinny" House

Mamaroneck, New York

The Seely House

The "Skinny House" is made from scrap, salvage, and a neighbor’s kindness.

Hopper-Zabriskie Cemetery

Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey

Hopper-Zabriskie Cemetery

This crumbling little graveyard was saved from the undergrowth by concerned veterans.

No names. Just numbers.

Stony Point, New York

Old Letchworth Village Cemetery

Hundreds of numbered stakes hidden in the woods mark the graves of the lost souls of a nearby asylum.

The river alongside Larkin Plaza

Yonkers, New York

Saw Mill River Daylighting

A waterway covered over after the Industrial Revolution has been unearthed and cleaned up, for the enjoyment of fish and humans alike.

Untermyer Park

Yonkers, New York

Untermyer Park

America's greatest forgotten garden and the former stomping grounds of Son of Sam.

Lenoir Preserve

Yonkers, New York

Lenoir Preserve

A beautiful, historic location open to the public.

War Dog memorial

Hartsdale, New York

Hartsdale Pet Cemetery

The first pet cemetery in the United States.

The Haverstraw house that inspired a painting and a film.

Haverstraw, New York

The House by the Railroad

This house was the subject of an Edward Hopper painting, which in turn helped inspire the design of the Bates house in Alfred Hitchcock's 'Psycho.'

St. Cabrini Novitiate

Dobbs Ferry, New York

St. Cabrini Novitiate

This dilapidated castle-like structure overlooks the Hudson River at one of its widest points and was once home to nuns.

Armour-Stiner House

Irvington, New York

The Armour-Stiner Octagon House

This fancifully decorated Victorian home in New York’s Hudson Valley is the only known fully domed octagonal residence in the United States.

The abandoned sanctuary of the building.
Permanently Closed

Tappan, New York

German Masonic Home of Tappan

This derelict building used to house infirm Freemasons, their widows, and orphans.

Detail of a Chagall piece inside the church

Sleepy Hollow, New York

Chagall and Matisse Glass

This tiny church near Sleepy Hollow contains Henri Matisse's last work, a rose window, and nine windows by Marc Chagall.

Lyndhurst Bowling Alley.

Tarrytown, New York

Lyndhurst Bowling Alley

One of the earliest bowling lanes in the U.S. doubled as a sewing school during a time when women had little job opportunity.

Headless Horseman Bridge

Sleepy Hollow, New York

Headless Horseman Bridge

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

Mount Moor Cemetery.

West Nyack, New York

Mount Moor Cemetery

A historic Black graveyard hidden in the parking lot of one of America's largest malls.

Kykuit, the Rockefeller Estate

Sleepy Hollow, New York

Kykuit, the Rockefeller Estate

The home of one of America's most wealthy industrialists is now a historic site that remembers a more decadent time in the country's history.

The Old Dutch Church overlooks an old cemetery (the Sleepy Hollow cemetery is nearby).

Sleepy Hollow, New York

The Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

Old Croton Aqueduct Trail

Dobbs Ferry, New York

Old Croton Aqueduct Trail

This once-grand marvel of engineering is now 41 miles of scenic hiking trail.

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