The story of this town in south-eastern Connecticut begins well before the first Europeans arrived. Montville was the place where the Mohegan tribe broke away from the other Native American Pequot people in the region, which had violent repercussions in the middle of the 17th century. The base of the Mohegan tribe can be visited …
Home to just under 20,000 people, this town in affluent Fairfield County is mainly residential and within an easy commute of New Haven and Bridgeport. Monroe exudes small town charm, and has more than its fair share of well-equipped local parks as well as inspiring and remote natural spaces. The quieter northern part of town …
Folded into the Connecticut Valley on the west bank of the river, the small town of Rocky Hill has much to offer. The oldest operating ferry service in the whole of the country departs from the riverbank for Glastonbury May through October. Rewind 200 million years and the tracks of a carnivorous dinosaur have been …
The small town of Ansonia is in the lower Naugatuck valley, close to the confluence with the Housatonic River. The Revolutionary War Colonel and friend of George Washington, David Humphreys (1752-1818) was born in Ansonia, and his birthplace, dating back to the 1690s, has been kept as a museum. From the 19th century until not …
This quiet industrial and residential town is at the geographic heart of Connecticut. Berlin may not be a honeypot for tourists, but has some stupendous natural landscapes. There’s also a lot of fun things to do for families, especially around the Berlin Turnpike. My favorite thing about Berlin is the Metacomet Ridge, a 100-mile basalt …
In the rolling hills of the Western Highlands, Watertown is a north-western suburb of the city of Waterbury. To my mind, Watertown’s strength comes from its plentiful open space, culminating in high rocky ledges. These give you the kind of views that belong in 19th-century landscape paintings. In the two state forests within Watertown’s boundaries …
Old Town is a city of around 7,000 people located in Penobscot County. A part of the city includes Marsh Island, but it extends beyond that. The area was initially inhabited by Abenaki Indians, followed by French people in the 1680s and then by English pioneers in 1774. The Penobscot Indian village was also called …
Even though Presque Isle has a population of just 9,000 people, it is the largest city in Aroostook County, in the state of Maine, and it is also an important commercial center for the area. This cute little city is the home of the University of Maine at Presque Isle and Husson University, thus hosting …
Located in Maine’s Somerset County, Fairfield was once an English outpost and colony and has played its fair share of interesting roles in the region’s history, which dates back to its original settlement in the 17th century. Located in the south-central portion of the state near the Kennebec River and the coast of the Atlantic …
Often referred to as the ‘The Gateway to the Belgrade Lakes Region,’ Oakland is in Maine’s Kennebec County and was first settled in the 1780s. Before it was settled by English colonists, the area was named Taconnet, after a local Native American chief. The town lies about twenty miles north of the state capital Augusta, …