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20 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Hartford, Connecticut

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A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.

The Mark Twain House

Hartford, Connecticut

The Mark Twain House & Museum

The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.

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Hartford, Connecticut

Cathedral of St. Joseph

This Connecticut chapel is a starkly modern, and surprisingly colorful, architectural rebel.

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A. Everett Austin Facade House

This stunning Connecticut mansion is actually just a one-room-deep hoax.

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Hartford, Connecticut

Ancient Burying Ground

The oldest place in Hartford is a cemetery with thousands of bodies stacked beneath the grass.

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The early American colonists were such ferocious drinkers the law actually required every town to have a tavern.

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The early American colonists were such ferocious drinkers the law actually required every town to have a tavern.

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Statue of Jack the Pardoned Turkey

This sculpture commemorates the first instance of an American president pardoning a turkey.

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