The walks of Albany

The largest and oldest state museum in the country, packed with New York history from mastodons to 9/11 — and it's completely free.

The last WWII destroyer escort afloat in America — a full guided walk-through of a real warship moored on the Hudson.

A castle-like Romanesque capitol built without a dome, famous for its hand-carved Million Dollar Staircase — free guided tours daily.

A 98-acre modernist plaza with reflecting pools, one of the country's best public modern art collections, and a free 42nd-floor observation deck.

Small, focused, and deeply researched — the only museum in the country dedicated to the Irish American experience, right in the middle of downtown Albany.

Founded in 1791, one of America's oldest museums — the place to see Hudson River School paintings and two actual Egyptian mummies.

Alexander Hamilton married Eliza Schuyler here in 1780 — the restored Georgian home of General Philip Schuyler tells the fuller, harder story of the Revolutionary elite.

An elegant 1798 Federal-style mansion built by a Revolutionary War general, tucked into Arbor Hill with a wine-cellar full of pre-Civil War vintages.

A single family lived in this 1787 farmhouse for five generations — and left behind 70,000 objects that tell the story of ordinary Albany life across 200 years.