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Coindre Hall
Huntington, NY
A 40-room French chateau on a hill above Huntington Harbor, with free county-park grounds rolling down to a crumbling storybook boathouse at the water. Locals walk their dogs here like it's normal.
LOCAL TIP
The boathouse is fenced off, but the harbor view from the back lawn is the payoff.