While returning from Schenectady to Concord, I took a 5-minute detour while passing through Troy to visit the Emma Willard School, a prestigious all-girls private high school whose buildings and campus are reminiscent of the fictional Hogwarts School of Harry Potter fame. 

Just 16 miles further down Route 2 one can find a very different form of architecture at the Grafton Peace Pagoda. Cars are not permitted on the property but visitors are welcome to visit on foot.