Historic Places
A famous maritime museum showcasing Connecticut’s seafaring history.
What is Mystic Seaport?
This popular toy company opened its first North American production facility in Enfield, Connecticut, in 1975.
What is Lego?
This state park is composed of a series of waterfalls on Falls Brook, a tributary of the Housatonic River, that drop 250 feet in under a quarter mile.
What is Kent Falls?
The largest lake in Connecticut, located in the western part of the state.
What is Candlewood Lake?
One of the oldest and most prestigious universities in the United States, located in New Haven.
What is Yale University?
The home of the famous author whose true name was Samuel Clemens.
What is the Mark Twain House?
From the elephant in the hall to the mummy, from the circus posters to the Civil War uniforms, all the artifacts point back to this one man and his lasting impression in Connecticut, for whom this museum is named. Name the museum.
What is the (P.T.) Barnum Museum?
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this building houses a carousel from 1905, currently located within this New Haven beachside park.
What is Lighthouse Point Park?
The longest river in New England that runs through many cities and towns in Connecticut.
What is the Connecticut River?
This Hartford art museum is noted for its collections of ancient Egyptian and Classical bronzes, French and American Impressionist paintings, as well as collections of early American furniture and decorative arts.
What is the Wadsworth Atheneum?
One of the better known Native American tribes that originally inhabited Connecticut, near the southeastern coast.
Who were the Pequots?
This unique castle was built by an actor overlooking the Connecticut River
What is the Gillette Castle?
A canal once connected New Haven to Northampton, Massachusetts, and is now used for walking and biking.
What is the Farmington River Canal?
A popular state park in Hamden, known for its hiking trails and unique mountain ridge that resembles a sleeping figure.
What is Sleeping Giant State Park?
One of the oldest and largest natural history museums in the United States, located in New Haven.
What is the Yale-Peabody Museum?
This historic building is located in Hartford and serves as the meeting place for the Connecticut General Assembly.
What is the State Capitol?
This natural-terrain motorsport road racing venue located in Lakeville, Connecticut, is in the state's northwest corner.
What is the Lime Rock Park?
The bridge is one of only three existing public highway covered bridges remaining in Connecticut and the many waterfalls and rapids makes it a popular tourist stop in Kent, CT.
What is Bull's Bridge?
The oldest publicly funded park in the U.S., located in the heart of Hartford.
What is Bushnell Park?
This historic Ridgefield landmark and current history center, was bombarded by the attacking British army during the Revolutionary War, and showcases a cannonball that embedded in the building's northern corner post which remains to this day.
What is the Keeler Tavern and History Center?
With its historic lighthouse, beaches and wildlife refuge this island destination offers abundant summer fun for visitors from May through September, where visitors can board a catamaran for a cruise to this island and lighthouse.
What is Sheffield Island?
While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this New Haven restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.
What is Louis' Lunch?
This nationally recognized landmark was the first chartered copper mine and the first state prison in Colonial America.
What is the Old New-Gate Prison and Copper Mine?
A famous historical landmark in Hartford, associated with the history of Connecticut’s Colonial Charter.
What is the Charter Oak?
The first educational center to generate most of its needed power from an on-site fuel cell, making this building a Gold Level LEED Certified green building.
What is the Connecticut Science Center?