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P.T. Barnum Statue
Bethel, Connecticut
P.T. Barnum, immortalized as a circus ringmaster. Bethel unveiled its bronze top-hat-waving tribute to its hometown hero in 2010.
Sights for Oddball Excursions
Wild Bill's Nostalgia Center
Middletown, Connecticut
A farm silo turned into the World's Largest Jack-in-the-Box was just another freaky project for love child Wild Bill Ziegler.
Wells Dinosaur Haven
Uncasville, Connecticut
A backyard set of impressive sculptures, and the only place where we've seen a full-sized T-Rex posed playing a mandolin.
Muffler Man - Bunyan
Cheshire, Connecticut
Fiberglass Paul Bunyan Muffler Man statue holds a flag to comply with town signage laws.
St. Edmund's Severed Arm
Mystic, Connecticut
Eeeeew! A real, mummified human arm, hacked off of a real Saint centuries ago.
Home of the Hamburger
New Haven, Connecticut
A tiny restaurant that says it served the first hamburger in 1900. Its burgers remain unchanged, and are cooked on the original grill.
Muffler Man Cowboy: Big Bob
Norwich, Connecticut
A cowboy of strip-mall commerce, Big Bob carries an American flag. He's 22 feet tall, and the cowboy's pedestal makes him seem even taller.
Mummified Human Arm
Norwich, Connecticut
On display since the 1970s, a ropey, desiccated human arm and hand is an unexpected treat in a museum of art and history.
Holy Land USA
Waterbury, Connecticut
A long-closed attraction that became more interesting as it decayed. 2015: signs of restoration evident.
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- Bridgeport: Barnum Museum: Centaur Skeleton [tips]
- Cheshire: Muffler Man - Bunyan
- Cheshire: House of Doors: Muffler Man No. 2 [tips]
- Cheshire: Barker Character, Comic, and Cartoon Museum [tips]
- Danbury: Statue of the Teen Girl Paul Revere [tips]
- East Haddam: Gillette Castle - Sherlock Holmes Apartment [tips]
- Groton: Submarine Capital of the World [tips]
- Middletown: Wild Bill's Nostalgia Center
- Mystic: St. Edmund's Severed Arm
- New Haven: Home of the Hamburger
- Norwich: Muffler Man Cowboy: Big Bob
- Norwich: Mummified Human Arm
- Oakdale: The Dinosaur Place [tips]
- Orange: PEZ Visitor Center [tips]
- Stratford: Obsolete Toll Booths On Display [tips]
- Uncasville: Wells Dinosaur Haven
- Waterbury: Holy Land USA
- West Hartford: Conny, the Walk-Thru Outdoor Whale [tips]