'''Troy''' is in New York and has the nicknames of "The Collar City" and "Home of Uncle Sam".

Get in

Fly into Albany International Airport (ALB) CDTA Buses from capital area to downtown Troy.

Get around

See

  • '''Burden Iron Works Museum''' [http://www.rpi.edu/~carroll/gateway/] schedule a tour for a crash course in area history.
  • '''Oakwood cemetery''' [http://www.oakwoodcemetery.org] a huge enchanted cemetery.
  • '''Troy Savings Bank Music Hall''' [http://www.troymusichall.org]
  • '''Poestenkill Gorge'''
  • '''The Poesten Kill''' which literally means "foaming or puffing stream" in Dutch, powered mills in the gorge for more than 300 years. The waterfall is located in a peaceful, secluded location in the middle of the city of Troy. The gorge can be viewed from a visitors lot off Linden Avenue, between Pawling and Spring Avenues.
  • Do

    Rock Climbing

    Learn

  • '''Rensselaer Polytechnical Institute''', 110 8th Street [http://www.rpi.edu]
  • '''Hudson Valley Community College''', 80 Vandenburgh Avenue [http://www.hvcc.edu] A part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system
  • Buy

    Eat

    Fish

    Drink

  • South End Tavern. 57 Burden Ave. 18-272-9661. ttp://www.southendtavern.com. . A South Troy institution since 1934.

    Sleep

    Get out