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3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Groton, Connecticut

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Groton, Connecticut

Gungywamp

Gungywamp is either an archeologists dream or nightmare, depending on how you look at it.

41.3835, -72.0608

Mystic Pizza

Groton, Connecticut

Mystic Pizza

This small town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

41.3540, -71.9730

Added by Gillian

The Nautilis

Groton, Connecticut

Submarine Force Museum

The US Navy's only submarine museum is also home to the world's first nuclear submarine.

41.3875, -72.0870

Added by kweiss2001

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The effigy.

New London, Connecticut

Annual Burning of Benedict Arnold

New London, Connecticut still holds a grudge against its hometown son who turned traitor and burned the city.

41.3514, -72.0982

Added by e1savage

1 MILE FROM Groton

Today, the defunct facility evokes both grandeur and squalor.

Waterford, Connecticut

Seaside Sanatorium

Ruins of a historic medical facility with a troubling past sit eerily by the water.

41.3015, -72.1296

Added by fleetingdoe

4 MILEs FROM Groton

North Dumpling Island

Fishers Island, New York

North Dumpling Island

Want to build a wind turbine? Secede from the nation.

41.2880, -72.0189

5 MILEs FROM Groton

The rebuilt Amistad

Stonington, Connecticut

Mystic Seaport

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

41.3614, -71.9662

5 MILEs FROM Groton

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