The Essex Steam Train and Riverboat in Connecticut is a unique heritage railroad and riverboat experience operated by the Valley Railroad Company since 1971.
The Harriet Beecher Stowe Center in Hartford, Connecticut, is a National Historic Landmark that preserves the home where Harriet Beecher Stowe lived the last 23 years of her life.
Sunnybrook State Park covers 464 acres in Torrington, Connecticut, along the East Branch Naugatuck River and serving as the southwestern end of the blue-blazed John Muir Trail that links to Paugnut State Forest and Burr Pond State Park.
The Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, located in Hartford's West End at One Elizabeth Street, is a private nonprofit institution established in 1825.
Elizabeth Park Conservancy in Hartford, Connecticut, is a nonprofit organization established in 1977 to preserve and manage Elizabeth Park, home to the oldest public rose garden in the United States.
Burr Pond State Park is a 438-acre recreational area in Torrington, Connecticut, that is defined by its namesake 85-acre man-made pond created in 1851 to provide power for local industries.
Camp Columbia State Park and Forest is a 600-acre public recreation area located in the town of Morris, Connecticut, with a unique history as the former summer engineering campus for Columbia University.
Platt Hill State Park Scenic Reserve is a 159-acre undeveloped park in Winchester, Connecticut, offering quiet hiking trails through woodlands, picnicking spots, birdwatching, and scenic vistas of the Litchfield Hills.
Sherwood Island State Park spans 235 acres along Long Island Sound in Westport, Connecticut, encompassing beach, wetlands, woodlands, and serving as the state's first state park with land purchases beginning in 1914.
Haley Farm State Park is a 267-acre public recreation area in Groton, Connecticut, that preserves a historic landscape of former Colonial-era farmland.
Dennis Hill State Park is a 240-acre public recreation area located in Norfolk, Connecticut, that was once the private estate of the prominent New York surgeon Dr. Frederick Shepard Dennis.
Whittemore Glen State Park Scenic Reserve spans 242 acres of undeveloped wilderness in Naugatuck and Middlebury, Connecticut, opposite Hop Brook Dam along Route 63 and adjacent to Naugatuck State Forest.
The Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury, Connecticut, was established in 1877 as the Mattatuck Historical Society and later became a museum dedicated to the region's art and history.
Southford Falls State Park spans 169 acres across Oxford and Southbury in Connecticut, featuring scenic tiered waterfalls on Eight Mile Brook, a historic covered bridge, Papermill Pond stocked for trout fishing, and a fire tower offering valley views.
Beckley Iron Furnace State Park, officially recognized as the Beckley Furnace Industrial Monument, is a 12-acre state-owned historic site located in North Canaan, Connecticut.
