This southern suburb of Hartford lies on the west bank of the Connecticut River, and enjoys grand vistas of the water from spots like the cliff tops at River Highlands State Park. Cromwell is also a moment or two from the city of Middletown via the Central Connecticut Expressway, which places restaurants, shops and the …
A town with many exciting tales to tell, Coventry in Tolland County gave Connecticut its state hero. Nathan Hale, who was killed on an intelligence mission in the Revolutionary War, is thought to have uttered the words, “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country”, before his execution. His …
The quiet, rural town of Colchester was incorporated at the turn of the 18th century and grew up around a picturesque town green. Three centuries later it’s reassuring that most of the life in Colchester Center coalesces at this space, which is protected as a historic district. In amongst the 18th and 19th-century houses and …
In Middlesex County, Clinton is a town on a natural harbor at the mouths of the Hammock, Hammonasset and Indian Rivers. At the harbor’s many waterfront marinas there’s a fleet of fish charters adapted for bluefish, which congregate in large numbers in this parcel of Long Island Sound towards the end of summer. For fun …
As you travel up to the cool Southern Highlands from Sydney, the first major town you’ll enter will be Mittagong. This is the sort of place where you can pass an afternoon hunting for antiques and taking high tea, and the area is full of wineries and cellar doors that have cropped up in the …
Ninety miles from the nearest city, Dubbo stands alone in the Orana Region of western New South Wales. Since 1881, Dubbo has been a transport hub with the extension of the Main Western Railway, but there’s preserved European architecture going back as far as 1841. What puts the city on the map for modern visitors …
At the base of the elongated curve of Geographe Bay, the town of Busselton is recognised by its record-breaking jetty. Going back to the 1860s, this is the longest in the Southern Hemisphere, and after outliving its industrial purpose is a magnet for visitors. From September to November you can see humpback whales passing by, …
The small town of Bowral is roosted in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, where the climate is cool and humid. Crops and flowers from temperate zones love Bowral’s mild weather and the range’s fertile volcanic soils. In times past, Sydney‘s upper class would flee to this town in the summer, building themselves posh …
Berryville is one of two county seats in Carroll County, Arkansas and had a population of slightly more than 5,000 at the time of the last census. The town was founded in 1850 and is named after one of the area’s original settlers, a man named Blackburn Henderson Berry. Berryville is bisected by U.S. Route …
The town of Canton on the western side of Hartford County is famous for Collinsville, a 19th-century industrial village that formed around the Collins Axe Factory. Collinsville’s old mill buildings have been preserved beside the fast-flowing Farmington River, which is channeled into a system of sluices built to drive the factory’s machinery. The factory now …