There’s a place in Manhattan that makes you feel like you just took a trip on the Wayback Machine — to the 1600s, when European settlers first arrived. And you can find it all the way up on the northern tip of Manhattan Island in Inwood Hill Park.
Off the Path: Revisited — Manhattan's Wild Corner
![An historical reconstruction of Inwood Hill Park and the Bronx as it is believed to have looked centuries ago, left, and an aerial photo of the area today.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/1a6ad7b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2229x1482+0+0/resize/880x585!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fwshu%2Ffiles%2F202106%2Finwood1big2.jpg)
RECONSTRUCTION: MARKLEY BOYER / THE MANNAHATTA PROJECT / WCS. PHOTOGRAPH: STEPHEN AMIAGA / WWW.AMIAGA.COM