Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near Connecticut

While in Connecticut, you might enjoy a visit to:

A backyard set of impressive sculptures, and the only place where we've seen a full-sized T-Rex posed playing a mandolin.
~23 miles from Storrs.

Tribute to the US Marines and others who took the Japanese island includes a replica of the Iwo Jima flag-raising statue.
~27 miles from Storrs.

Not TV's mangy mountain man, but the real "Grizzly Adams," who killed or befriended bears depending on his mood.
~27 miles from Storrs.

Opened by Carlton and Edna Nash in 1939. They're gone, but son Kornell keeps this place going, and he's expanded the dinosaur track quarry!
~36 miles from Storrs.

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