Best of Eastern Connecticut
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- Where to Go
- The Best of Vermont
- Rumblings of Revolution
- New, New England Dining
- Boston’s Artistic Expression
- Vermont Leaf Peeping
- Into the Wild
- Vermont Skiing at Its Best
- Visit Vermont’s Maple Sugar Shacks
- Connecticut for Kids
- Vermont’s Covered Bridges
- A Shore Thing
- Vermont with Kids
- Portland Maine Art Galleries
- Small-Town Flavor
- Connecticut’s Wine Trails
- New Hampshire’s Farmers Markets
- A Weekend of Vermont Art
- Family Matters
- Maine Wilderness Camps
- Vermont Cheddar Houses
- Connecticut Spas
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Mark Twain House & Museum: America’s most celebrated author wrote about rafting the Mississippi in a billiards room in Connecticut.
Wadsworth Atheneum: The oldest public art museum in the country is particularly known for its collection of Hudson River School paintings.
Nathan Hale Homestead : The only thing you’ll “regret” is not visiting this loving homage to the Revolution’s dashing secret agent.
Roseland Cottage/Bowen House: A pink parfait of arches and rosettes is the quintessential example of Gothic Revival architecture.
Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center : Explore the recovered history of New England’s first people with a life-sized re-creation of a Pequot tribal village.
Mohegan Sun Casino: Even as you lose your twentieth hand of the night, the starry sky overhead makes you feel like you are enjoying the great outdoors.
Mystic Seaport: Give it your best “arrgh!” as you take the wheel of an authentic whale ship, or board a replica of the infamous Amistad.
© Michael Blanding and Alexandra Hall from Moon New England, 2nd Edition
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