A ghostly shell stands where a once grand hotel stood in the Catskill Mountains of New York State. Built in 1871, this hotel was once visited by presidents, but repeated fires prevented the place from ever achieving the success it deserved. The final years of the building were plagued with suicides, and ultimately the site of the merger of the two existing Communist parties in America in the 1920's.

Let's climb the trail to the top of the mountain and see what remains of this ruined hotel overlooking Woodstock.