In 2009, Congress designated about 200 miles of hiking trails in Massachusetts and Connecticut as a National Scenic Trail. This is New England's first nationally-designated trail since the Appalachian Trail was established in 1968. Now, the New England Trail covers 215 miles from Long Island Sound across long ridges to scenic mountain summits in Connecticut and Masssachusetts. The trail offers panoramic vistas and close-ups of New England's natural and cultural landscape: traprock ridges, historic village centers, farmlands, unfragmented forests, quiet streams, steep river valleys and

The PAST Antiques Marketplace at Nature’s Art Village is an antique shopper’s delight and a collector’s showcase featuring Southeastern Connecticut’s newest antique shopping emporium with over 90 unique vendors. Voted Yankee Magazine's 2014 Editor's Choice "Best Antiques Stop", The Past Antiques Marketplace displays two floors - over 14,000 sq. ft! - of antique tools, furniture, glassware, collectibles, and more! Our bright, clean and friendly market is climate controlled, and fully handicap accessible inside & out. A wide variety of one-of-a-kind items are added regularly making every visit a

Brewery in a renovated 114-year-old building offering a tasting room, brewery tours, and company store. Brewing team led by Connecticut native Phil Markowski, who has been professionally brewing since the 1980s and is the winner of more than 20 Great American Beer Festival medals. Tasting room and company store are open to the public six days a week and the beer garden is open in the summer Thursday through Sunday. Snacks available or bring your food. Food trucks parked outside Tuesday-Sunday. Brewery tours offered on Fridays at 630 p.m., Saturdays 1, 2, 2:30, 3, 3:30, 4 and 5 p.m., and

One of the premier music venues in the country which has attracted major performers as well as local and regional acts since 1975. Other amenities: Dining Nearby

Built more than 70 years ago as a motion picture theater, restored in 1992 to its former art deco style, now provides live entertainment. Performers of every music genre grace the stage, from reggae, stage to soul, debates to dancing, movies and more. Other amenities: Dining Nearby, Parking

Are you ready for the best climbing and zip line adventure Connecticut has to offer? Get outside and into our aerial adventure park in Storrs, CT to experience our self-guided tree-to-tree climbing adventure. Perfect for families, friends, birthday parties and groups of all ages! Ideal for all adults and children 3+ at any fitness level, you'll go at your own pace for a fun, exciting, and self-guided adventure, the perfect combination of challenge and fun. You'll start with a safety briefing and practice session, then we let you choose your own adventure among our 9 treetop trails for ages 7+

Are you ready for the best climbing and zip line adventure Connecticut has to offer? Get outside and into our aerial adventure park to experience our five-acre, self-guided tree-to-tree climbing adventure. Perfect for families, friends, birthday parties and groups of all ages! Ideal for all adults and children 5+ at any fitness level, you'll go at your own pace for a fun, exciting, and self-guided adventure, the perfect combination of challenge and fun. You'll start with a safety briefing and practice session, then choose your own adventure among our 14 treetop trails. Much like a ski mountain

Showcasing more than 60 vendors in stylized room settings in a 23,000 square foot showroom just off Interstate 95. Located in the center of Stamford's Antiques District comprised of six warehouse showrooms and more than 700 dealers, we are just an hour's drive from Manhattan. A perfect stop on a day trip--or book a room at one of the many nearby hotels and make a weekend of it. Other amenities: Dining nearby, parking

The Little House at Jericho is an early American historic farmhouse located on the Abington side of Pomfret, Connecticut, in a secluded storybook location on 145 acres of preserved land adjacent to the Airline Trail, the Wolf Den State Forest, Mashomoquet State Park and the New England Forestry Foundation's Chase Kimball Memorial Forest. This nature preserve is suitable for bird-watching from the deck over-looking the pond or at the Audubon Society's Grasslands preserved sanctuary nearby, for long walks on the private trails in the woods (with direct access to the Airline Trail), cross-country

Home decor, lighting and finishing store, specializing in hand sewn lampshades, stylish collection of lighting and home accessories. Located in the antique district. Specializing in hand sewn lampshades, and offering a stylish selection of lighting and home accessories, with old-fashioned customer service. Also, has a fully equipped light fixture repair and restoration department and a lighting hardware store. Other amenities: dining nearby, parking