15 Best Things to Do in Stamford (CT)
An hour out of New York from Penn Station, Stamford has an urban, big city feel downtown, where nine Fortune 1000 companies are headquartered. Head south and you’ll hit Long …
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15 Best Things to Do in Norwalk (CT)
In the very west of Connecticut, the city of Norwalk sits by the water on Long Island Sound. Norwalk was founded in the mid-17th century and has come through ups …
15 Best Things to Do in New Britain (CT)
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 …
15 Best Things to Do in Simsbury (CT)
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 …
15 Best Things to Do in Windham (CT)
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 …
15 Best Things to Do in West Hartford (CT)
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 …
15 Best Things to Do in Greenwich (CT)
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 …
15 Best Things to Do in Fairfield (CT)
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 …
15 Best Things to Do in Manchester (CT)
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 …
15 Best Things to Do in Farmington (CT)
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 …