They call Montauk "The End," but do you sometimes wonder what the area was like a little closer to the beginning? Take a look at these classic photos to get an idea. Credit: Newsday/ Cliff De Bear ...

"Everyone has his or her idea of paradise," he said. "I meet people who have never been [to Montauk], who respond viscerally to the photographs. They're responding to the meaning of the work ...

Michael Dweck holds up his book "The End: Montauk" while posing with Hamptons Magazine Editor Samantha Yanks this summer. Getty Images Montauk’s become the hippest Hamptons hamlet — but ...

Partygoers gather at ultra-trendy Surf Lodge. Is one of THEM the Montauk Monster? Could be. Steven Henry/Getty Images for Tinder In subsequent years, Montauk and neighboring East Hampton (already ...

I'm a Californian who lives close to Malibu. In August, I got a chance to compare it to Montauk. It was much easier to get around Montauk without a car, and the people there seemed more laid-back.

Others asserted that the creature was in fact a raccoon, however: [Montauk local Noel Arikian said,] "In photos there appeared to be a beak. It was just a tricky angle. It's a dead raccoon.