Middletown, Connecticut
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A reliquary of pop culture marvels, including the world's largest (and most terrifying) Jack-in-the-Box.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Middletown, Connecticut
A reliquary of pop culture marvels, including the world's largest (and most terrifying) Jack-in-the-Box.
Bristol, Connecticut
Thousands of American timepieces on display in the former clock-making capital of the country.
Farmington, Connecticut
These etchings reveal the history of a long-gone quarantine site.
West Brookfield, Massachusetts
A rock outcropping left by a glacier that made itself useful throughout the centuries.
Ware, Massachusetts
The largest body of water in Massachusetts annihilated four small towns just to slake Boston's thirst.
New Hartford, Connecticut
Who knew the Devil's domain was a hot spot for tubing?
West Hartford, Connecticut
This tribute to the founding father of the American dictionary originally contained a spelling error.
Hartford, Connecticut
The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.
Hartford, Connecticut
A tribute to the truly loyal dog who waited outside a hospital for his owner to come back.
Hartford, Connecticut
The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin was neighbors with Mark Twain while living in this Connecticut home.
Hartford, Connecticut
An iconic steel and chrome diner from the 1940s left empty for nearly 20 years is in danger of being demolished.
Hartford, Connecticut
An easy-to-miss plaque marks the building that first held this 19th-century telephone innovation.
Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts
Over 50 whirling pools left behind from the glacial age.
Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts
An old trolley bridge was converted into a breathtaking garden bursting with colorful flowers.
Goshen, Massachusetts
A stunning garden filled with fantastical environmental folk art and sculptures.