Like a lot of good things in the Catskills, The Outlier Inn began as one thing and grew into something else entirely. In 2002, artist and owner Josh Druckman traded the noise and pressure of New York City for a farmhouse and two acres in quiet Woodridge.

Since then, he has built out to 14 acres: seven year-round and five seasonal accommodations, indoor and outdoor showers, two full-service recording studios, a 100-seat amphitheater, a wood-fired cedar hot tub, a sauna and a spring-fed pond that turns a sauna session into something worth the walk.