Connecticut

Small New England state of historic river cities, Litchfield hills, coastal towns, and wooded villages.

Connecticut is located in the Northeast of the US and is one of the six states that make up New England. It borders New York, Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

It's a small state but with many attractions. Small New England towns that seem to have lagged behind a century or so dot the countryside. Connecticut has a variety of destinations including the beautiful Litchfield Hills, Housatonic River and Connecticut River Valley; cities with history such as Hartford, New Haven, Danbury and New London are important destinations.

The Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley in northeastern Connecticut has been called "the last green valley" in the Boston-to-Washington megalopolis. Close to Hartford, Providence, and Worcester but far enough away to avoid urban sprawl, this 850 square mile region remains predominately rural. Roadways winding through rolling hills link the region’s many small towns, villages, farmlands and forests. Old mills dot the lowlands along the Quinebaug and Shetucket rivers and their tributaries. The park is best reached through Putnam.

Destinations in Connecticut

Hartford Stanford New Haven Hamden

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Connecticut

Mystic
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Mystic
New London Customs HouseU.S. Navy Submarine Force MuseumGarde Arts CenterJoshua Hempsted HouseMonte Cristo Cottage
United States Coast Guard Academy
Connecticut College ArboretumOcean Beach ParkWhale Oil RowYe Antientist Burial GroundLyman Allyn Art Museum
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New London
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of ArtOld State HouseConnecticut State CapitolAncient Burying GroundHarriet Beecher Stowe HouseCathedral of Saint JosephColt Armory (Coltsville)Connecticut Historical Society Museum and LibraryButler McCook House & GardenElizabeth Park Rose GardenSoldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch
Mark Twain House & Museum
Connecticut Science CenterWest Hartford ReservoirNoah Webster House and West Hartford Historical SocietyBushnell ParkHartford StageReal Art WaysXfinity TheatreMortensen Riverfront PlazaArt CinemaTrinity CollegeColt Park
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Hartford
William Benton Museum of ArtJorgensen Center for the Performing Arts
Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry
Connecticut Repertory TheatreMansfield Hollow State Park
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Storrs
Greenwich
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Greenwich
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript LibraryYale Center for British ArtYale Peabody Museum of Natural HistoryFrank Pepe Pizzeria NapoletanaNew Haven GreenHarkness TowerWest Rock Ridge State ParkYale Repertory TheatreWooster SquareShubert TheatreEli Whitney MuseumSally's Apizza
Yale University Art Gallery
Lighthouse Point ParkShoreline Trolley MuseumAmistad MemorialLong Wharf TheatreFort Nathan Hale ParkUnion League CafeLeitner Family Observatory and PlanetariumPardee Morris HouseClaire's Corner CopiaBlessed Michael McGivney Pilgrimage Center (formerly Knights of Columbus Museum)Marsh Botanical GardenThe Anchor
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New Haven
Danbury
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Danbury
Middletown
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Middletown
Palace Theater
Mattatuck Museum
Waterbury City HallQuassy Amusement & Waterpark
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Waterbury