Must-see attractions in Connecticut

On the western shore of Candlewood Lake, Squantz Pond State Park is popular with leaf-peepers, who come to amble the pretty shoreline (for free, from…

In just a few years David and Jack have produced some prime hooch: award-winning bourbons, gins and vodkas (100% Connecticut corn!) made in small batches…

Stop in at White Silo Farm winery for a tasting of specialty wines made from farm-grown fruit. Lisa and Eric also host local art showings and quarterly…

Stop at the old-fashioned Woodstock Orchards to pick your own blueberries (late summer) and apples (fall), and to stock up on jams, fresh cider and honey…

This heavily forested state park has walking and biking trails and offers basic camping facilities for the exclusive use of those boating along the…

Son of Connecticut's Revolutionary War Governor, Jonathan Trumbull Jr became George Washington's military secretary during the American Revolution and it…

Traditional, though quirky, Sloane-Stanley Museum is a barn full of early American tools and implements – some dating from the 17th century – lovingly…

Relive the days when operators threw manual switches from a control tower like this restored one, dating from 1896, to control railroad traffic on the…

This house, now a museum, was a center of military strategy during the American War of Independence, when Jonathan Trumbull was the governor of…

The association hosts at least four different public shows during the high season and rents the space for other art showings the rest of the year. Located…

Specializing in contemporary visual arts and community outreach, Artspace runs this bright contemporary gallery and organizes the annual City-Wide Open…

Inaugurated in 1944 with a gift of 154 acres from the Hazen Foundation, this park features a pretty meadow dotted with picnic tables, and offers seasonal…

The two-room Revolutionary War Office is said to be where Washington met with Jonathan Trumbull and the Comte de Rochambeau to coordinate military…

This tribally owned and operated museum brings to life the story of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation by way of an interactive reconstructed 16th…

Housatonic Meadows State Park is famous for its 2-mile-long stretch of water set aside exclusively for fly-fishing. Its campground has 97 campsites on the…

Kids love this hands-on outdoor free-for-all cared for by the Connecticut Antique Machinery Association, with all manner of steam-powered locomotives,…

Nathan Hale (1755–76) is famous for his (alleged) patriotic statement, 'I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country,' as he was about to…

Enjoy fishing, hiking and swimming in Connecticut's second-largest state forest.