History
Mystic Seaport & the Coast
Climb aboard the maritime story.
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A WTDO FIELD GUIDE · CONNECTICUT
A coastline that helped write American history.
Start on a working waterfront, follow the writers and reformers inland, then let a pizza stop turn into another chapter.
Find your storyExplore the map ↓Maritime history, literary houses and a very serious pizza conversation.
Start on a working waterfront, follow the writers and reformers inland, then let a pizza stop turn into another chapter.
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History
Mystic Seaport & the Coast
Climb aboard the maritime story.
Begin with the Charles W. Morgan and the museum’s waterfront exhibits.
Go deeper →Photo: Ken Mist · CC BY 2.0 ↗Photo credits for every scene
- Mystic Seaport & the Coast · Photo: Ken Mist · CC BY 2.0 ↗
- Hartford Writers & Reformers · Photo: Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY-SA 3.0 ↗
- New Haven Pizza & Museums · Photo: amanderson2 · CC BY 2.0 ↗
- Connecticut River & Gillette Castle · Photo: Joe Mabel (on Flickr as Joe Mabel from Seattle, US) · CC BY-SA 3.0 ↗
- Mashantucket Pequot Museum · Photo: Pi.1415926535 · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗
- Litchfield Hills · Photo: Tichnor Brothers, Publisher · Public domain ↗
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