• Visit 9 notable estates in the U.S. National Historic Landmark District that surrounds Rhinebeck. Don't miss the Gilded Age icon that is the Vanderbilt Estate, including its gold room of opulently painted ceilings, and take in a view of the Hudson River and a small waterfall from the White Bridge.

• Revisit the extraordinary 4-term presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt with tours of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum and nearby Roosevelt estate. The Library was the first presidential library in the U.S., initiated by F.D.R's precedent-setting donation of his papers to the government. The home where Roosevelt was born and raised saw many world luminaries during his terms of office, including Winston Churchill, who signed the historic A-bomb agreement there.

• Explore the gastronomic history embodied in the Culinary Institute of America, which was established in 1946 but took to its iconic home in Hyde Park in 1970. After exploring the nearby Hyde Park estates, take a tour of the campus and recharge with a meal at one of the CIA's 4 onsite restaurants.