This little town in New Haven County is home to fewer than 17,000 people, but is within touching distance of cities full of culture and history, so there’s much to do. The largest of these is Waterbury to the south-west, which has a riveting regional museum and a dazzling performing arts venue at the Palace …
With not just one but two spectacular lakefronts, the posh town of Brookfield is often hailed as the best place to live in Connecticut. On the west side is the sinuous shoreline of Candlewood Lake, the largest body of freshwater in the state and fronted by opulent houses, exclusive marinas and private clubs. Brookfield was …
This amiable seaside town in New Haven County has been on the map since 1639, and is an antiquarian’s idea of heaven. The whole of Guilford’s town center is one enormous Historic District, among the largest in New England. There are more than 600 historic properties here, so I think a walking tour will definitely …
In sparsely populated Windham County, the small town of Plainfield is made up of the four villages of Plainfield, Moosup, Wauregan and Central Village. Safe to say that activities in this quiet part of Connecticut are rural and outdoors, like woodland hikes in rare swamp habitats, visits to farms with corn mazes and fishing at …
This town on the west bank of the Connecticut River may be sleepy and rural but has some blockbuster attractions a moment or two away. Six Flags New England is over the state line in Agawam and is stacked with DC licensed rides, while the New England Air Museum highlights the massive contribution this region …
The town of Tolland got its name in 1715 and is the seat for Tolland County, which takes up a big chunk of northeastern Connecticut. In the past Tolland was vested with administrative and judicial roles, signs of which are still here on the picturesque Town Green. Tolland has an active historical society, opening centuries-old …
This agricultural town in north-central Connecticut is on the eastern lip of the Connecticut River Valley. In Ellington you can hike up Soapstone Mountain in Shenipsit State Forest for vistas that cover a whole tranche of southern New England. The town has its own airport, which is licensed for skydiving and just the place to …
Killingly is a town in quiet Eastern Connecticut in a landscape of ponds and woodland that was once humming with industry. Brooks tumbling through Killingly supplied energy to iron furnaces and textile mills, and you can visit the places where these factories stood at state and town parks. In the borough of Danielson there’s a …
This little town in New Haven County is on the banks of two important rivers, the Housatonic and the Naugatuck. Tracked by the Naugatuck River’s Ansonia-Derby-Shelton Expressway, Seymour has a small but animated downtown, with independent shops and a retro cinema playing classic movies. There’s a historical society in Seymour putting on edifying events, and …
The administrative centre for the City of Latrobe in Gippsland mixes vast industry with the serene natural beauty of lakes, nature-rich bushland and the humid forests of the Strzelecki Ranges. This is Victoria‘s main energy production centre, home to the largest open-cut coalmines in Australia, accompanied by the cooling towers and stacks of coal-fired power …