Chester-Hadlyme Ferry Apr. 1-Nov. 30; $3 per vehicle, $1 pedestrians. Rte. 148, Hadlyme or Chester, CT 860-443-3856; ct.gov/dot Connecticut Audubon Society 1361 Main St., Glastonbury, CT 860-633-8402; ctaudubon.org Connecticut River Expeditions One-and-a-half-hour cruises; call or visit Web site for additional excursion packages and schedules. 67 Main St., Essex, CT 860-662-0577; ctriverexpeditions.orgGet Our FREE Yankee Best […]
Fifteen years ago, The Nature Conservancy included a surprising entry on its list of the Western Hemisphere’s 40 “Last Great Places”: the Connecticut River tidelands. Surprising, because the salt marshes and tidal flats at the mouth of New England’s longest river spread through a portion of the busy I-95 corridor of one of the most […]
Read Yankee‘s article about efforts to conserve the Connecticut River Tidelands. Outdoor Recreation Chimney Point Boat Rental 2 Clark Ave. Old Saybrook 860-388-3614Get Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) Subscribe Connecticut Coastal Kayaking 18 Oak Tree Lane Lyme 860-391-3837 ctcoastalkayaking.com Devil’s Hopyard State Park 366 Hopyard Road East Haddam 860-873-8566 ct.gov/dep Gillette […]
All rivers run to the sea, but few do it with such force and majesty as the Connecticut as it bisects its namesake state. No less a connoisseur of great rivers than Mark Twain chose to live out his days not far from its industrious banks. To follow the river is to trace Connecticut from […]
Is The Book Barn in Niantic, Connecticut, the most unusual bookstore in New England? [slideshow post_id=”94917″] Nestled in a wooded corner of Niantic, Connecticut, is a playground like no other. Little girls pick through garden paths searching for big, apathetic cats to cuddle; boys chase one another around a wooden fort; and an energetic dog […]
The Grumman-St. John House has witnessed more than 265 years of Norwalk’s history and even survived the burning of the city by the British during the Revolution. It now faces a similar fate if the Norwalk Inn & Conference Center’s plan to expand its facilities is approved. Local preservationists and the state of Connecticut argue […]
As you drive along Route 169 in the eastern part of the state, it soon becomes clear why this section of Connecticut is called the Quiet Corner. This route, located just off I-395, offers 32 miles of pure, uninterrupted tranquillity. In Lisbon, weathered-clapboard home-steads appear around every bend. Stone walls flank the road to the […]
Beat the winter chill at the Maritime Aquarium in South Norwalk, CT, the best aquarium you may never have heard of.
This Connecticut artist survived hard times to find his true life’s work.
As you drive along Route 169 in the eastern part of the state, it soon becomes clear why this section of Connecticut is called the Quiet Corner. This route, located just off I-395, offers 32 miles of uninterrupted tranquillity. In Lisbon, weathered-clapboard homesteads appear around every bend. Stone walls flank the road as you come […]
Schoolchildren know Eli Whitney’s cotton gin as one of the most influential inventions in American history and an icon of Yankee ingenuity, but its purpose was simple: Remove seeds from cotton. The cotton gin’s impact on the South was complex and profound. This gin, patented in 1794, is the earliest known working scale model in […]
By Carol Cambo Get map of this trip. Yankee‘s driving tour of Litchfield County in the northwest corner of Connecticut follows a 56-mile tour in a counter-clockwise direction, beginning in the town of Litchfield and a visit to nearby Goshen to meet the animals of Action Wildlife.Get Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! […]
