Stamps
Visit the locations below and collect fun stamps and sometimes other treats too!
This project is inspired by the idea of eki stamps, which are free souvenir stamps people collect for fun at train stations, museums, and other destinations while traveling in Japan.
You can receive your stamps on any piece of paper.
If you want to use the official Top Secret Folder Stamp Book, that would make us very happy. It will be available very soon—stay tuned for details!
The Stamp Book is 5 by 7 inches (adventure size) and will help you keep all your stamps and notes together as you explore the area.
Listings are color coded to the map.
The first batch of stamps is being dropped off over the next week (January 6-10)!
★ Vitsky Bakery
3 Main Street, Wassaic
Vitsky is a small batch bakery that everyone loves. They make cardamom buns, bialys, sourdough bread, challah, croissants—and many fun seasonal items using ingredients from local farms during the growing season.
Hours:
Friday through Sunday, 8:30 am–3 pm
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★ Creel and Gow
3424 Franklin Avenue, Millbrook
Creel and Gow sells rare and unusual objects sourced from all of the world by a team of collectors and travelers. They carry a selection of rare minerals, taxidermy, coral, shells, unusual decorative objects and accessories, books, and much more—a great place to shop for gifts.
They have strange and wonderful things like a 1:100 matchstick architectural model of the Royal Pavilion (in Brighton, England) made in the 1960s by Bernard Martell from over 40,000 matchsticks.
Hours:
Daily, 10 am–6 pm
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COMING SOON!Millbrook Library
3 Friendly Lane, Millbrook
★ Trevor Zoo at Millbrook School
282 Millbrook School Road, Millbrook
The Trevor Zoo at Millbrook School houses more than 180 exotic and indigenous animals, including eight endangered species. Millbrook School students work at the zoo, taking care of the animals, assisting with maintenance, and learning zoo management from the full-time faculty and veterinarians from the on-site veterinary clinic.
Some of our favorite animals at the zoo: the Reeves’s muntjac (a tiny deer), the kinkajou (a rainforest critter related to the raccoon), and the river otter.
Hours:
Daily, 9 am–5 pm
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★ Big Rock Market
6031 Route 82, Stanfordville
Big Rock Market is a great place to shop for local produce, meat, dairy, bread, pantry items, skincare, and other treats for your kitchen and home. Big Rock is also home to All That Java.
We stop by often to get coffees and to buy BjornQorn (truffle flavor), Pika’s Farm Table soups, Berkshire Mountain Bakery pizzas, those little chocolates that are made to look like rocks, and whatever new snacks and treats they’ve got (most recently very good croissant sandwich).
Hours:
Sunday through Thursday, 9 am–6 pm
Friday and Saturday, 8 am–7 pm
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★ Bulls Head Treasures
5 Church Lane, Stanfordville
Bulls Head Treasures is one of the best shops like this around. They’ve got vintage and antique furniture, collectibles, ceramicdddds and glassware, quilts, clothing, books, tools, and much more. We have found many treasures here and we’ve seen many amazing things.
Hours:
Saturday and Sunday, 10 am–6 pm
Monday and Friday, 12–6 pm
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★ Not Donuts, Records
6063 Route 82, Stanfordville
Not Donuts, Records is a real gem! Right next to the town’s post office, owner Jared keeps a great selection of new and vintage records, art, ceramics, collectibles, vintage t-shirts, and more. Jared also sells record players and stereo equipment, and can help you get set up with everything you need to play records at home.
Not Donuts, Records hosts art shows, mixtape parties, album release parties, and other fun pop-up events.
Hours:
Saturday and Sunday, 11 am–6 pm
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★ Chaseholm Farm
115 Chase Road, Pine Plains
Chaseholm Farm is a sibling effort in family farming—Sarah manages the dairy herd and their grazing lands, and Rory turns the milk the cows produce into delicious cheeses in their creamery. They host events and live music in the warmer months.
Their farm store, which stocks their products and a very nice selection of local produce, meat, fish, maple syrup, honey, baked goods, pantry items, and other special treats, is a perfect place to put together a picnic.
Find the stamp near the register in the farm store.
Hours:
Daily, 8 am–8 pm
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★ C. Cassis Tasting Room
108 Salisbury Turnpike, Rhinebeck
CCTR will be closed for a winter break beginning December 22 through March 2025—but they’ll still be open occasionally for pop-up events (and they have the best ones).
In the meantime, you can get the C. Cassis blackcurrant liquor and spritz cans all over the place around here, and for good reason! They’ve also just launched Cassisi, a new non-alcoholic blackcurrant aperitif concentrate—buy it online until the tasting room reopens.
Hours:
Saturday and Sunday, 12–7 pm
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★ Starr Library
68 W Market Street, Rhinebeck
Visit the Starr Library to hang out in the library and read or attend one of their events. They always have something interesting going on—practical workshops (writing, career development, self improvement, you get the idea), lectures and discussions, presentations on local history, art shows, and activities for kids and teens.
They have a number of weekly/monthly offerings (three book clubs, pilates, Nerds at Nite, mahjong, Scrabble, and quite a few more)—you could use the stamp to track your attendance and make a few notes about how things went.
Find the stamp at the front desk.
Hours:
Monday, 10 am–5 pm
Tuesday – 10am to 7pm Wednesday – 10am to 7pm Thursday – 10am to 7pm Friday – 10am to 5pm Saturday – 10am to 4pm Sunday – 1pm to 4pm
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★ Golden Russet Cafe & Grocery
835 Fiddlers Bridge Road, Rhinebeck
Golden Russet is an important sandwich destination, and so much more than that. They have a fish fry every Friday night, supper every Saturday, and a fridge in their grocery section stocked with pre-made meals and other nice things. There is a suspiciously good banana bread to be had here!
The grocery section has fun items you can’t find everywhere—Casamara Club botanical sodas for one—and plenty of things that sometimes save us a trip to our regular grocery store.
Hours:
Wednesday and Thursday: 8 am–5 pm
Friday and Saturday: 8 am–8 am
Sunday and Monday: 8 am–3 pm
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★ Rose Hill Farm
19 Rose Hill Farm, Red Hook
Rose Hill Farm is a historic farm (founded 1798). During the growing season, they offer pick your own cherries, peaches, plums, blueberries, apples, and flowers. Their taproom is open year-round serving their own wines and ciders and other NYS products—and they have a food pop-up or food truck there every day that they’re open.
Ask the taproom bartender for the stamp.
Hours:
Friday, 3-8 pm
Saturday, 12-7 pm
Sunday, 12-6 pm
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COMING SOON!Available Items
64 Broadway, Tivoli
COMING SOON!Thrift 2 Fight
48 Broadway, Tivoli
COMING SOON!FASNY Museum of Firefighting117 Harry Howard Avenue, Hudson
COMING SOON!Enoki
190 Main Street, Saugerties
★ BONUS STAMP #1
This is a large stamp that you can only get from us directly. Stay tuned for a few pop-ups where you get a free stamp book—and this bonus stamp!
To become a stamp book destination at your business, art studio, special event, or wherever else, please get in touch (request form coming soon).
