Yaddo, Without Words: An Exclusive Look Inside Saratoga’s Iconic (And Still Mysterious) Artists’ Colony

When I was a kid growing up in Saratoga Springs, I didn’t know much about what went on beyond the public gardens at Yaddo. And I still don’t—though saratoga living Senior Writer Jeff Dingler’s interview with Yaddo’s President Elaina Richardson, and Photographer Kyle Adams’ exclusive, behind-the-scenes gallery of images taken inside the Trask Mansion and on Yaddo’s off-limits grounds help fill in the blanks quite a bit.

The famed Saratoga artists’ retreat has welcomed a panoply of top artistic talent on its grounds throughout the decades, everyone from Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer Aaron Copland to Nobel Prize-winning author Saul Bellow. And now, you get to see where they made their art—and history—happen.

To take a rare tour inside Yaddo’s mansion and on its grounds, click on the above photo.

Will Levith

Will Levith is Editorial Director at Saratoga Living and Capital Region Living magazine. He's a native Saratogian and graduate of Saratoga Springs High School. His work has been published by Esquire, Playboy, Condé Nast Traveler, Men's Health, RealClearLife and many others. He lives in Troy with his wife, Laura, and dog, Esopus.