It was America’s oldest privately owned zoo, drawing 500,000 visitors a year to pet or even feed lions, rhinos, elephants, giraffes and kangaroos. Then it morphed into a boutique inn and glampground.

Cramped cages, deteriorating fences and sad chimpanzees. That's what Catskill resident Harry Matthews said he saw when visited the Bailiwick Ranch and Animal Park. Advertisement Article continues ...

One of the most unusual properties for sale upstate right now comes in the form of a 193-acre former zoo. More specifically: the Catskill Game Farm, the first privately owned zoo in the United States.

For Hudson-Catskill Newspapers Dec 12, 2009 Dec 12, 2009 Updated Apr 3, 2024 CATSKILL — For a few hours on Saturday the parking lot of the Greene County Municipal Building had its blacktop replaced by ...

CATSKILL >> It’s certainly not a case of Ben and Cathy Ballone locking the barn door after the horse is gone. Just the opposite could be said. The Ballones think the time is right to go full throttle ...

Largely kept in-tact and still open for self-guided tours to paying guests, an abandoned upstate New York zoo (pictured here prior to its closure in 2006) is being eyed for residential development in ...

CATSKILLS, NY — Looking for an amazingly wild getaway? The Catskills might just have the wildest place to stay in America. Nestled in this historic region is an abandoned zoo, where visitors can ...

Just a few weeks ago, news broke that a Staten Island Ferry (yes, an actual one) was up for sale. Staten Island's unofficial mayor, Pete Davidson, and his Saturday Night Live pal Colin Jost ended up ...

After being sold to new owners in 2020, Upstate New York’s Catskill Game Farm in the Hudson Valley is back on the market for almost double the price. The once named “America’s greatest zoo” sold in ...

Visitors at the petting zoo held in the Greene County Municipal Building parking lot at the corner of Main and Church streets for December's Second Saturday Stroll in Catskill. (Hilary Hawke photo) ...