Old crumbling mansions seem to litter the mountainsides in the Adirondacks, Catskills, and Hudson Valley, but this one is special. Not because of who once owned it, but because of the turn-of-phrase it once inspired.
The Rhinebeck, New York Astor Gatehouse is for sale and it's an impressive piece of history. The asking price is $2.5 million and the listing is through Sotheby's International Realty.