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3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Norwich, Connecticut

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Norwich, Connecticut

The Blue Lady of Yantic Cemetery

Made of bronze and wearing a blue gown, this lady sat in the same location in the Yantic Cemetery for more than 119 years.

Monument to Miantonomo

Norwich, Connecticut

Monument to Miantonomo

The site where chief Miantonomo of the Narraganset people was captured.

Norwich, Connecticut

Norwich Horton Sphere

Abandoned 37.5' diameter rusted metal sphere sitting in the woods.

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Wells Dinosaur Haven

A free display of artistic lifesize dinosaur sculptures in a backyard garden.

2 miles from Norwich

The Ray family, Connecticut’s most famous vampire-plagued family

Griswold, Connecticut

Jewett City Vampires

The graves of a Connecticut family thought to have been plagued by a vampire.

7 miles from Norwich

The Nautilis

Groton, Connecticut

Submarine Force Museum

The US Navy's only submarine museum is also home to the world's first nuclear submarine.

9 miles from Norwich

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Gungywamp

The kind of mixed-up place that drives archaeologists crazy.

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