Hudson is a place I've wanted to visit for a long, long time. I've been secretly and not-so-secretly obsessed for years.
I bought this book on houses in the area almost as soon as it came out (and that was 8 years ago! I've been obsessed for almost a decade!). According to the book description, "it has been called America's Loire Valley, the Napa Valley of the East, and the new Hamptons". Personally, I prefer "the Provence of upstate New York".