Built in c.1817, Federal-style home with museum exhibits including decorative arts and Civil War artifacts. Tour time: 30-45 minutes Other amenities: Dining Nearby

A Connecticut favorite, this traditional family amusement park is home to a wooden roller coaster, "Splash Away Bay" waterpark, and other rides and attractions, in addition to a lakefront with beach and boat rides too. Ride the award-winning "Wooden Warrior" roller coaster, and the FRANTIC 360 thrill ride. "Splash Away Bay" waterpark features a variety of slides, a huge tipping bucket, and "Fish Pond," a splash pad for the little ones. More than two dozen rides and attractions including Tidal Wave Swinging Ship, Laser Maze Challenge, lakeside beach, boat rides, catered outings, food

Meriden, the Indians’ pleasant valley, situated between Hartford the river town, and New Haven the seaport, is halfway between these two early towns. The oldest house in Meriden is the 1711 Solomon Goffe House, built on an old Indian trail. This old trail later became the Old Colony Road, one of the oldest roads in Connecticut, now called North Colony Road, our number is 677. This old house is an English Gambrel roofed house, with all its history and charm of a time long gone. Walk through the gateway, past the picket fence, of wide boards with a small space-in-between only large enough so a

Large center-chimney Colonial, period rooms from 1717 to 1941, furnished with family heirlooms. This unique house museum allows the visitor to take a glimpse into the life of an American farm family encompassing five different periods of American history at one historic site. Tour time: 1 hour

Commemorative monument lists the names of 125 Connecticut law enforcement officers who have been killed in the line of duty. Tour time: 24 hours Other amenities: Dining Nearby, Dining nearby, Parking, Parking

250 acres of gorgeous woodlands and ponds! It once was the former estate of one of Connecticut's greatest industrial inventors, Clarence Wickham. Beautifully themed gardens include The Oriental Garden, The Italian Shrine, The Lotus Garden, The Hilltop Garden, The English Garden, The Wetlands Garden, The Rhododendron Garden, The Scottish Garden and the award-winning Sensory Garden. You will encounter a wide variety of plant materials, design styles, unique structures and statuary with a panoramic view of the Hartford skyline. Bring the family and visit the peacocks in the Aviary, Nature Center

C. 1895 former machine shop of the Cheney Brothers Silk Manufacturing Company houses the Society offices, museum store, lecture/events hall, loom exhibit, research resources for genealogy and preservation, and visitor center for local history information.

Largest of Connecticut’s shoreline parks. Two-mile beach, facilities for swimming, camping (third weekend in May to Columbus Day), picnicking, saltwater fishing, scuba diving, hiking and boating; concessions. Nature center and interpretive programs. Bicycle rentals available through Labor Day, rates begin at $10 per hour and range up to $75 per week, with discounts for children. Helmets provided free to use and are mandatory for riders 15 and younger. Other amenities: Picnicking

The Deacon John Grave Foundation was incorporated in 1983 to save the Deacon John Grave House from destruction. Since that time the foundation has worked tirelessly to restore and preserve this unique structure. The Deacon John Grave House is special because its history is the story of seven generations of one Madison's family, how they lived and died, their joys and sorrows and their continual struggle to make ends meet in a constantly changing society. Seven generations of farmers, haulers, soldiers, innkeepers, shoemakers, dressmakers and weavers have tread on the time worn floorboards of

Features exhibits and displays concentrating on local history including period furniture, ship models, paintings, china, clothing, children’s toys, annex of tools, farm equipment, fishing items, herb garden and model of U.S.S. Monitor. Free. The house is open for events and by appointment.