The New York State Capitol building in Albany is so ornate it doubles for the 1880s Metropolitan Opera House. It’s like using your city hall for a royal wedding—if your city hall was carved from walnut and marble.
The building’s “Million Dollar Staircase” is exactly as ridiculous as it sounds. You walk up it and feel like you’re ascending into a tax-funded heaven. For the show, they just added some extra chandeliers and called it a day.
Visit Albany today, and you might see a tour guide pointing at a hallway and saying, “That’s where Carrie Coon had a meltdown in Episode 3.” History and HBO have officially merged.
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