Introduction:

No matter how busy I am in a day, if I get a call from someone asking for suggestions about any travel related things, I will stop all my work and keep doing research about it. Yep! You got it! Then you can imagine how much crazy I am about travel. I love everything related to nature, scenic, historic, adventure and my list goes on and on forever.

I live in upstate NY near Schenectady County. Below are some of the places which I liked the most. If you live near Albany, NY, you can take a trip to these places on a weekend.

NewYork

Capital District:

1) Saratoga Race Course (Day Trip)

Saratoga Race Course is a 350-acre racetrack in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

2) Albany City Tour provided by Albany Aqua Ducks & Trolleys (Day Trip)

The Albany Aqua Ducks & Trolleys, an amphibious tour and trolley tour company, operates in New York State's Capital Region and features historic tours of the Capital City of Albany. The Ducks offer unique, educational and fun-filled tours. In Albany, see the historic sites and then Splash into the Hudson River for a mariner's view of the city's skyline and others who call the Hudson "home" including the USS Slater and Dutch Apple Cruises. Albany Aqua Ducks & Trolleys, Albany, NY 12201, 518 462-DUCK (3825)

3) Howe Caverns - RR 1 Box 107, Howes Cave, NY 12092 (Day Trip)
Howe Caverns is a year round family attraction. 10 million year old show cave. It’s fun and
educational. It’s in Eastern upstate New York between Albany and Cooperstown.

4)Turning Stone Casino , Route 365 (Patrick Road), Verona, NY 13478, (315)361-7711 (Day Trip)

The Turning Stone Resort & Casino is located in Verona, NY, about 30 miles from Syracuse. At Central New York's most luxurious resort, you can choose between the casino, the spa and salons and golfing so you're sure to find something to do at any hour of the day or night.

Corn Maze - Gifford Barn – Day Trip during fall season (http://www.libertyridgefarmmaze.com/index.html)

Hudson Valley Region, NY

Mansion tours – Kykuit, Sunnyside, Boscobel, Montgomery Place, Vanderbilt Manions, Lyndhurst - (Weekend Trip)

Hudson Highland Cruise – 3 hr cruise (Departs from Riverfront Green Park. Hudson Avenue Exit, Peekskill, NY 10566 – (http://www.commanderboat.com/schedule.nxg) (Day Trip)

Finger Lake Region, NY – Weekend Trip to ( 1,2, 4 & 5)

Watkins Glen State Park (http://www.gowaterfalling.com/waterfalls/watkins.shtml)

Captain Bill's Seneca Lake Cruises - 1 N Franklin Street, Watkins Glen, NY 14891, (607)535-4541

Bristol Mountain Sky Rides - 5662 Route 64, Canandaigua, NY 14424

Corning Museum of Glass

Excellent Waterfalls - Taughannok Falls State Park, Letchworth State Park, known as the "The Grand Canyon of the East”, Niagara Falls, Eagle Cliff Falls.

Thousand Islands, NY (Weekend trip to 1 & 2)

Castles – Boldt Castle, Singer Castle

Uncle Sam Boat Tour (http://www.usboattours.com/cruises.htm )

Natural Bridge Caverns - 44022 Lime St., Natural Bridge, NY 13665 ,(315)644-4620 – (Day Trip)

Adirondacks, NY

Lake George – (Lake George Shoreline Cruise, Great Escape / Splash water Kingdom, Magic Forest- Route 9) – (Weekend Trip)

Lake Placid Cruise – (Day Trip)

Ausable Chasm (Exit 34 off I-87 , Route 9, Ausable Chasm, NY 12911, (518)834-7454)) (Day Trip to 3 & 4 together)

High Falls Gorge (Rt 86, Wilmington, NY 12997, (518)946-2278)

Gondola Ride in - Whiteface Mountain Memorial Highway ,Route 431, Wilmington, NY 12997, (800)462-6236 (day trip)

Newyork City Tours (Weekend trip)

Massachusetts

1. Capecode Region: (Coastal Attractions) – (Weekend trip)

Cape code

Martha’s Vineyard

Nantucket Island

2. Boston (City Tours, Whale watching, IMAX Theatre, Museums) – Weekend trip

3. Hidden Hills of MA (Mountain Attractions (no highways at all – it’s a unique mountain experience) (http://www.hidden-hills.com/scenic.html) – Weekend trip

New Hampshire

White Mountain (Long weekend trip)

Connecticut River Byway – (weekend trip)

Rhode Island

Newport Mansions - Weekend trip

Cliff Walk & Block Island Trip - - Weekend trip

Maine

Acadia National Park – Long Weekend Trip

Rangeley Lakes Scenic Byway – Weekend Trip

Maine Lighthouse tours – Weekend Trip or Long Weekend Trip

Vermont

Carillon Cruises on Lake Champlain

Hildene, The Lincoln Family Home

Shelburne Farms

Green Mountain Railroad (54 Depot St., PO Box 498, Bellows Falls, VT 05101 , Phone: 802-463-3069)

Path of Life Garden (sculpture garden) 36 Park Way, Windsor, VT 05089(http://www.pathoflifegarden.com/index.html)

The Wilson Castle, Center Rutland, Vermont 05736, Ph-802-773-3284

The Great Vermont Corn Maze, 1404 Wheelock Road , North Danville, VT 05828

Connecticut

Gillette Castle State Park

Foxwood Casino

Lighthouses cruise (http://www.sunbeamfleet.com/lighthouse_cruises.html)

Dinosaur State Park (http://www.dinosaurstatepark.org/)

Lighthouse Point Park http://www.cityofnewhaven.com/Parks/ParksInformation/lighthousepoint.asp