Essex, Connecticut
'Turtle' Submarine at Connecticut River Museum
This museum holds a fully-functional replica of the "Turtle," the first American submarine ever built.
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Essex, Connecticut
The Griswold Inn
British troops and Prohibition couldn’t stop this spot from becoming one of the United States' oldest continuously-run taverns.
East Haddam, Connecticut
Gillette Castle State Park
Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.
East Granby, Connecticut
Old Newgate Prison
A former copper mine which became a truly unsuccessful prison.
Hartford, Connecticut
Ancient Burying Ground
The oldest place in Hartford is a cemetery with thousands of bodies stacked beneath the grass.
Hartford, Connecticut
Coltsville
An abandoned gun-funded 19th century utopia.
Hartford, Connecticut
Colonial America Tavern Signs Collection
The early American colonists were such ferocious drinkers the law actually required every town to have a tavern.
Hartford, Connecticut
Harriet Beecher Stowe Center
The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin was neighbors with Mark Twain while living in this Connecticut home.
Hartford, Connecticut
The Mark Twain House & Museum
The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.
New Hartford, Connecticut
Satan's Kingdom State Recreation Area
Who knew the Devil's domain was a hot spot for tubing?
Haddam, Connecticut
Haddam Shad Museum
Springtime is go time for this repurposed shack and the fish it venerates.
Rocky Hill, Connecticut
Dinosaur State Park
The ancient past meets the retro-future at these dinosaur tracks that are protected by a geodesic dome.
Permanently Closed
Middletown, Connecticut
Wild Bill's Nostalgia Store
A reliquary of pop culture marvels, including the world's largest (and most terrifying) Jack-in-the-Box.
New Haven, Connecticut
Grave of Midnight Mary
Final resting place of a New Haven urban legend.
New Haven, Connecticut
East Rock Park
Panoramic views of the city of New Haven and the Long Island Sound, with a side of history.
Meriden, Connecticut
Castle Craig
A lone tower rises above the cliffs in a city park, offering fantastic views of the Connecticut landscape.
Cheshire, Connecticut
Lock 12 Historical Park
This historic park site contains the last remnants of a once bustling canal system.
Hamden, Connecticut
Sleeping Giant Observation Tower
Amazing views of Long Island Sound can be seen from this mountaintop tower.
New Haven, Connecticut
Ingalls Rink
It looks like a whale, it's part of Yale, and it's best-known by a nickname you can probably work out for yourself.
New Haven, Connecticut
The Institute Library
One of America's oldest private membership libraries was long one of New Haven's best kept secrets.
New Haven, Connecticut
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.
New Haven, Connecticut
Crypt at Center Church-on-the-Green
137 graves holding New England's earliest residents.
New Haven, Connecticut
Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library
A vast collection of rare books, manuscripts & extraordinary objects illustrating the history of medicine.
New Haven, Connecticut
The Cushing Center
An archival collection of over 2,200 case studies which includes human brain specimens and tumor specimens.
