Places jeffro66 Wants to Go

British troops and Prohibition couldn’t stop this spot from becoming one of the United States' oldest continuously-run taverns.

New London, Connecticut still holds a grudge against its hometown son who turned traitor and burned the city.

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

Final resting place of a New Haven urban legend.

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

A lone tower rises above the cliffs in a city park, offering fantastic views of the Connecticut landscape.

The headquarters of the famous Yale society.

The "possessed" house that inspired "The Haunting in Connecticut" book and movie.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

Panoramic views of the city of New Haven and the Long Island Sound, with a side of history.

A former copper mine which became a truly unsuccessful prison.

137 graves holding New England's earliest residents.

With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.

Ruins of a historic medical facility sits eerily by the water.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

An archival collection of over 2,200 case studies which includes human brain specimens and tumor specimens.

This plaque honors the unsung Black songstress once known as the “greatest singer of her race.”

Dedicated to the explorer who opened Japan to the West.

A 132-year-old telescope continues to keep watch over the night skies above Providence.

The site of the largest mass execution in Rhode Island history, haunted by the ghosts of hanged pirates.

An ode to Japanese artist Hokusai, with a bit of a comical twist.

A work of art that pays homage to a Victorian timepiece in Providence.

Founded in 1788, this Rhode Island institution is the oldest operating general store in America.

One of the oldest carousels in the United States is still running in the coastal village of Watch Hill.