Small, Quaint and Anything but Ordinary

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Valhalla is a hamlet in the town of Mount Pleasant, N.Y. It has a Metro-North station and a small commercial district that parallels the Taconic State Parkway and is shown here decked out for the holidays.

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Small, Quaint and Anything but Ordinary

A picturesque Westchester hamlet, Valhalla, N.Y., is quiet, forested and mostly residential, with a large reservoir and a historic dam.