Albany
Contact your assemblyman and arrange a tour the Capitol Building
http://assembly.state.ny.us/Tour/
Tour Empire State Plaza and go to the observation deck. The plaza has an extensive art collection, much of it due to the patronage of Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller.
http://www.ogs.state.ny.us/visiting/cult…
http://www.ogs.state.ny.us/visiting/cult…
Visit the State Museum
http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/exhibits/
Tour the University at Albany campus. The architecture is impressive
http://www.albany.edu/about.php
It's the 400th anniversary of European founding by Dutch explorer, Henry Hudson.
http://www.albanyevents.org/
http://www.albany.com/thingstodo/
Take the train from NYC to Albany up the Hudson River Valley along the historic Water Line Route of the old New York Central Railroad. It was the first four-track long-distance railroad in the world. The view is spectacular, especially when you pass West Point and see the Military Academy on the bluffs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Ce…