Connecticut Stops
Road-trip stops in Connecticut
6 featured Connecticut stops — National Parks, iconic roadside attractions, and Steve’s hand-picked favorites.
Connecticut (6)
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Appalachian National Scenic Trail
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Coltsville National Historical Park
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PEZ Visitor Center
World's largest collection of PEZ memorabilia in the lobby of the actual PEZ factory. Watch dispensers come off the line through a viewing window. There's a tin-can-shaped 80-foot dispenser car in the lobby. Gift shop sells flavors and characters you can't get anywhere else. An hour off I-95 in Orange CT. Steve recommends letting the kids each pick three before getting back on the road.
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Weir Farm National Historical Park
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Comfort Inn Mystic
If you're doing the New England to Florida marathon, Mystic is a great first-night stop. You've knocked out Connecticut, the kids had a good day at the seaport, and tomorrow you wake up and blast through New York before the traffic wakes up. The Comfort Inn is no-frills but clean, and there are enough restaurants in walking distance that nobody has to get back in the car.
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Mystic Seaport Museum
Mystic is right off I-95 and the seaport museum is a recreated 19th-century fishing village where your kids can climb on tall ships and watch blacksmiths work. It's the kind of place where 'we'll stop for an hour' becomes three hours and nobody regrets it. Hit Mystic Pizza across town afterward — yes, it's from the Julia Roberts movie, and yes, the pizza is actually good.