October 14, 2001
Boo! I'm an autumn type of guy, and I especially love the rural-type events and activities that that pop up in October: apple and pumpkin picking, corn mazes, hay rides, and the like. In that vein, last night Rachel and I were lucky enough to visit Frankenstein's Fortress in Dutchess County, New York, the best darn haunted house I've ever seen.
Frankenstein’s Fortress is a unique and remarkable creation, a permanent exhibition (though only open on weekend in October) located in an old industrial building in Stanford, New York. The fact that the Fortress site is permanent gives them incredible leeway into what they do with props and architecture, and the Fortress currently includes rusted-out cars, shaky bridges, dusty rooms, winding passages, and even the engine car from an old train. We traveled through at least a dozen tableaus —including a mad scientist’s lab, Vietnam, a dentist’s office, a train wreck — each incredibly detailed and populated with some of the creepiest-looking children I’ve seen. It’s not incredibly scary and there might be a pretty long line, but I still highly recommend it.
Frankenstein’s Fortress is a unique and remarkable creation, a permanent exhibition (though only open on weekend in October) located in an old industrial building in Stanford, New York. The fact that the Fortress site is permanent gives them incredible leeway into what they do with props and architecture, and the Fortress currently includes rusted-out cars, shaky bridges, dusty rooms, winding passages, and even the engine car from an old train. We traveled through at least a dozen tableaus —including a mad scientist’s lab, Vietnam, a dentist’s office, a train wreck — each incredibly detailed and populated with some of the creepiest-looking children I’ve seen. It’s not incredibly scary and there might be a pretty long line, but I still highly recommend it.
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