Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near Connecticut

While in Connecticut, you might enjoy a visit to:

Park features replica of the famous Iwo Jima flag-raising statue.

The heyday of New England's toll roads, preserved for your edification.

A seated tribute to Connecticut's most famous huckster.

Displays include "relics" from the reinterrment of Knights' founder Father McGivney, who was up for canonization.

See a section of landfill and a dinosaur made of household garbage. Everything that you ever wanted to know about solid waste management.

Decorative frog statues of sit atop spools of "thread" on this bridge into town.

This is not about rocks, but about Savin Rock, a former amusement park. A recording of the Laughing Fat Lady plays in the restrooms.

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