What is a cool town/general area in or around New York State?|140874

Some place with a lot of culture, like Woodstock. Or a town with a lot of business buildings. Anywhere within a 1 and a half to 2 hour radius of Albany. I want to go for a mini-roadtrip and don_t really know what_s cool that_s around.

The upstate area from Syracuse to Albany...................Lots of great areas....especially in the mountain..... like lake George or lake Placid.
From there you are close to Mass too..........