A city once dubbed the “Hardware Capital of the World”, New Britain in Hartford County remains the international headquarters of the tool manufacturer Stanley Black & Decker. The forerunner for …
This small town west of Hartford has an impossibly beautiful location, embedded in the Farmington River Valley up against the Metacomet Ridge. The ample woodland and majestic overlooks combine to …
Windham in Northeastern Connecticut contains the city of Willimantic, which developed around a textile industry in the late 19th century. There’s a fantastic little museum dedicated to the cotton mill …
Often praised as one of the best small towns in America, West Hartford has a downtown to make most other towns green with envy. The Center and its recent lifestyle …
Leafy Greenwich on Connecticut’s rich Gold Coast is a town with serious money. In fact, it’s one of the wealthiest communities in the country, and a bastion of investment firms …
An affluent town on Connecticut’s Gold Coast, Fairfield is blessed with some alluring beaches on Long Island Sound, as well as old neighborhoods on quaint town greens. In summer, Jennings …
More than a century after their silk empire peaked, I still can’t talk about Manchester without mentioning the Cheney family. A big slice of the south of this city, east …
The well-to-do small town of Farmington is 10 miles west of Hartford. This place serves as the international headquarters for a surprising number of big corporations, including Otis Worldwide. What …
Recently praised by USA Today as one of the most liveable places in America, Danbury is a small city near the southern shore of the upscale Candlewood Lake. Here you’ll …
The historic center of this agreeable small town between New Haven and Hartford is on a dignified green. Reaching back centuries, this space is bordered by the First Congregational Church …
