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Museum of Natural and Other Curiosities

A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.

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The Mark Twain House & Museum

The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.

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Abandoned Comet Diner

An iconic steel and chrome diner from the 1940s left empty for nearly 20 years is in danger of being demolished.

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A. Everett Austin Facade House

This stunning Connecticut mansion is actually just a one-room-deep hoax.

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Cathedral of St. Joseph

This Connecticut chapel is a starkly modern, and surprisingly colorful, architectural rebel.

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Colonial America Tavern Signs Collection

The early American colonists were such ferocious drinkers the law actually required every town to have a tavern.

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Coltsville

An abandoned gun-funded 19th century utopia.

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Ancient Burying Ground

The oldest place in Hartford is a cemetery with thousands of bodies stacked beneath the grass.

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Hartford Election Cake

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Hartford Election Cake

These massive, booze-filled cakes once made voting sweet.

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