Editor’s Note: The author of this article is a Staten Island Technical High School student who participates in the Advance/SILive.com High School Journalism Immersion program. The initiative is designed to help young people explore the world of community journalism. Today’s story is part of a photo series looking at some of the borough’s lesser-known natural areas. The first part of the series explored the Mount Loretto Unique Area, which overlooks Prince’s Bay.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The Heyerdahl Ruins, located at the top of Heyerdahl Hill in LaTourette Park, part of the Staten Island Greenbelt, are filled with mystery.
The ruins are the remains of Thorwald Heyerdahl’s stone house, built in 1861…