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3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Albany, New York

Updated January 23, 2019

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The First Shaker Village

The first American home of the isolated, egalitarian religion has a trove of Shaker architecture and artifacts.

Albany, New York

The Mummy Ankhefenmut

A CT scan revealed the identity of this 3,000-year-old mummy that everyone erroneously thought was female.

Albany, New York

World’s Largest Nipper Statue

This giant monument of the RCA mascot is a beloved fixture in Albany, New York.
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Albany Rural Cemetery

The final resting place of President Chester A. Arthur and hundreds of others from Revolutionary War soldiers to poets, politicians, and painters.
3 miles from Albany

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Woodside

A man used his Civil War-era fortune to build this sanctuary in memory of his wife.
4 miles from Albany

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Troy Gasholder Building

This relic of 19th-century infrastructure is one of the few remaining coal gas storage tanks in the U.S.
5 miles from Albany

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'House of Aldus'

This stained glass window designed by Tiffany Studios is hidden behind the circulation desk of a public library.
6 miles from Albany
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