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2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Salisbury, Connecticut

Updated June 30, 2014

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The “Green Stake” on Mount Frissell.

Salisbury, Connecticut

South Slope of Mount Frissell

The highest point in Connecticut was incorrectly memorialized before surveyors discovered the actual spot.

Site where Margaret Hamilton passed away

Salisbury, Connecticut

Noble Horizons Retirement Home

Retirement home where the actress who played the Wicked Witch of the West passed away.

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Ashley House

The former residence of Elizabeth “Mumbet” Freeman, an enslaved African-American woman who successfully sued for her freedom.

6 miles from Salisbury

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Carl 'Great' Barrington Memorial

A small memorial dedicated to a man purportedly killed when a meteor the size of an SUV crashed into him.

6 miles from Salisbury

North Canaan, Connecticut

Beckley Furnace Industrial Monument

The last blast furnace to close in New England offers a rare window into the region’s once-thriving iron industry.

6 miles from Salisbury

North Canaan, Connecticut

Beckley Iron Furnace

The last surviving 19th-century blast furnace in Connecticut.

6 miles from Salisbury

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Elizabeth Freeman Monument

This statue is dedicated to the first enslaved African American who won a freedom suit in Massachusetts, which paved the way for the end of slavery in the state

9 miles from Salisbury

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