Woodstock, New York: The Drip Mountain
A towering, multicolor blob of candle wax that's been slowly drip-forming indoors since 1969. Hippie art to blow your mind.
Candlestock
- Address:
- 16 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, NY
- Directions:
- Candlestock. Downtown, on the south side of NY-212/Mill Hill Rd, just east of its intersection with Rock City Rd.
- Hours:
- W-Th 10-6, F-M 10-7 (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 845-679-8711
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This seven-foot-tall wax drip was started from one candle in 1969.
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The towering, multicolor blob is named "The Drip Mountain." Somewhere in the heart of it is an empty bottle of hippie wine -- probably strawberry-flavor -- that served as the holder for the first candle. It's stood in the same candle shop since the Age of Aquarius.