This museum is adorable! I came because of a Groupon, and parking may be an issue for events. It…read morewas very limited on the property itself, although there is handicapped parking right next to the main house. Outside there is a barn and old outhouse, and a beautiful garden display. it's very well maintained. The entrance is off the front porch, where you're greeted by a docent or intern. Tours of the house are 20-30 minutes, and it contains so many original items from the original family who owned it (it went right from the last surviving to a museum), and the last generation was into collecting. There's a lot of local history, many dog decorations, and GOBLETS. There's over 1,000 goblets, and most seem to be single styles. They are working on cataloging them. The house is beautiful, and the history is fascinating. If you live in the area, you'll pick up pieces of Southington back in the day. Children would even enjoy seeing the cases of old products and what names they may recognize. And the goblets are breathtaking. This is a great value museum! (They also sell postcards for a great price)

This guy never…read more threw out anything The Barnes Museum, formerly known as the Bradley Homestead, is a cool old house that serves as a historical library and is open to the public. It was built in 1836 and for five bucks you get to see and hear about another time and way of life. The first thing you notice once you are inside the house is that there is a lot of stuff. Lots of lots of stuff. All kinds of stuff. Stuff everywhere. It turns out Bradley Barnes, a son of the original builder of the house never threw out anything. He collected and kept all kinds of stuff. Some very cool stuff but also a lot of crap. It seems every single receipt, letter, photo, magazine, toy, knick knack and doo dad he every owned he kept. Perhaps some serious OCD going on there. It almost seemed like he knew the house was going to be a museum and wanted it well stocked with stuff. Of course all this stuff makes the house interesting to tour. The lady bringing us around seemed to know exactly what every single piece in the house was and where it came from. Pretty cool and amazing. All the stuff isn't from Bradley or from one temporal moment. Leela Barnes, Bradley's wife was a prolific painter and many of her paintings are scattered throughout the domicile. She also had many collections and also seem to keep just about everything she ever owned. You can definitely see what the attraction between these two was The house was being lived in until the 1970's when it was donated to the town so there were modifications and changes to the original structure and items from different decades. Going through the place is almost like a walk through time. Shifting back and forth through different years ands individuals. Of course you inevitable go back to Bradley's stuff. A great old house that is in absolutely pristine condition. It's filled with lots of very cool and some not so cool stuff. So much stuff that you have to thread carefully in places so that you don't end up breaking some of the stuff. I have a feeling that Leela and Bradley were a couple of crazy sob's but because of them we have a great old historic house filled with lots of very interesting stuff.

This spectacular marker stands between two flagpoles on the town green in front of Farmington Town…read moreHall. It consists of five evenly spaced parallel columns joined by a header that reads "Duty, Honor, Country". The five pillars takes you into a time machine that honors Farmington's veterans as it rockets you backwards to a time before America was America. Names of military campaigns and wars going back to 1637 are listed alongside the names of the vets that served. The wars and campaigns listed are: Suppression of Pequots (1637) King Philip's War (1675 - 76) French & Indian Skirmishes (1711 - 12) Defense Of Litchfield (1724) Louisburg Expedition (1745) French & Indian Wars (1754 - 63) Revolutionary War (1776 - 97) War of 1812 Mexican War (1846 - 65) Civil War (1861 - 65) Spanish-American War (1898) World War I (1917 - 21) World War II (1941 - 51) Viet - Nam War (1964 - 73) Lebanon Peace - Keeping (1982 - 84) Grenada Invasion (1983) Operation Earnest Will (1987) Panama Invasion (1989 - 90) Operation Desert Storm (1990 - 91) How's that for a roll call of American history??

Eri Woodbury was a Civil War Union soldier who drew his saber on four Confederate soldiers and…read moresingle handedly persuaded them to surrender. Harvey Barnum was a Vietnam era Marine. When his battalion was riddled by enemy fire, he tended to his commander's wounds, grabbed the radio from the dead radio operator, moved through enemy fire, organized the remnants of the battalion and safely evacuated them to safety. Both men were from Cheshire. Both men were awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor -our nation's "highest award for valor in action." In 1998, their hometown honored their patriotism with the dedication of a Medal of Honor Plaza and educational Living Classroom at the entrance to Bartlem Park, more or less across the street from Cheshire High School. The plaza has a 50 feet wide star on the ground constructed from bricks. The bricks have the names of hundreds of Cheshire veterans inscribed on them. The middle of the plaza has a black granite monument that looks like a podium or a lectern. It bears the names and ranks of Woodbury and Barnum. Stone benches are also set in the plaza, bearing their names as well. The Living Classroom is an interesting idea- there are five trees planted at the corners of the plaza star that have ties to historic places or events, like Gettysburg, Washington's Delaware crossing, and Connecticut's Constitution Oak. The lectern is inscribed on its sides with these words: The American Revolution War of 1812 Spanish-American War World War I World War II Korean War Gulf War Remembering The Many Sacrifices That Preserved Our Freedom Residents of Cheshire Heroes of the United States Medal of Honor Recipient 1st Lieutanant Harvey C. Barnum, Jr. U.S. Marines Vietnam Medal of Honor Recipient Sgt. Eri D. Woodbury 1st Vermont Cavalry Civil War

Awful experience. I have been trying to update my account to receive my monthly payments. Done…read moreon line and on phone. This started in January and now it's May and these idiots can't figure it out. I think they hire stupid uneducated rude obnoxious people because they don't have to pay them well or expect any kind of professionalism. I had the rudest African American woman on the phone who swore at me and told me she didn't give a sh*#t about me or her job. They say to go on line, easiest way. When you speak to them they say on no that takes forever. So then you get a nasty little chick that tells you to go online and do your self. WOW Seniors are being treated terribly because our government can't control or train employees. Shame on our government.

(after listening to a long winded message) I spoke to a very…read morenice lady. Even the security guard at the door was exceptionally helpful and pleasant. I wish I had coworkers like that.

This is hands down one of the cutest things I've ever seen. Emily from thesidedishers told me about…read morethis and I had to come and make a wish in the wish booth. There's so many negative things out there and this is just a ray of positivity in a cute little town in Connecticut. It boosts your self esteem and self worth and gives you hope. 100% recommend stopping here and sending your wishes into the universe. Because what is life without some hope and dreams. Hearts.

I have loved this beautiful town of Old Wethersfield, since I moved to CT 13 years ago. To me, it's…read morelike a smaller scale version of Salem, MA, and when I can't get there in October, I like to come here and check out the Halloween decorations and local businesses. I love that it's a dog friendly neighborhood, and there's always some kind of walking tour happening! My favorite businesses to check out are Main Street Creamery and Heirloom Market.

If you're a history buff and love the New England vibe, you don't want to miss checking this part…read moreof town out. We had to go to the DMV which is in town and we decided to make a day out of it by exploring the area. I was pleasantly surprised because I didn't know what to expect and I'm new to the state. We also stopped by Mikey's playground. Then, on Main St. there are shops, restaurants, museums, and historic houses. There are sidewalks so it is a pedestrian friendly area. I loved looking at the old homes and the plaques stating who lived there and what year it was built. We stopped by the Old Wethersfield Country store and Heirloom Market. It was a chilly and cloudy day, so we didn't explore as long as we wanted to. I can't wait to go back soon especially with the WEATHER getting nicer in WETHERSfield, see what I did there lol.

"Can't see nothing in front of me Can't see nothing coming…read moreup behind On my back's a sixty pound stone On my shoulder, a half-mile line" (Bruce Springsteen) As you're driving northbound on the Berlin Turnpike, you'll see this modest memorial on the right side of the road on the grounds of the Berlin Fire Department. The memorial has three components, starting with a brick and stone logo of Berlin's Engine Company 3. It serves as the center of a display area for the other two components. On the left you'll see a polished stone base inscribed with "September 11, 2001". Mounted on top of the base is a section of World Trade Center steel. On the right you'll see a memorial statue dedicated to "the Town of Berlin Firefighters Past and Present And Those Who Made the Ultimate Sacrifice". Above the stone base you'll see the sculpted likeness of a fireman's hat resting on top of a folded fire coat and a pair of boots.

This is a beautiful and thoughtful plot of land. It was created in honor of the veterans who served…read morevarious wars throughout history. It's located in a busy intersection of West Hartford. The memorial is a circular wall of granite blocks, which is a Wall of Peace. Some of the blocks were intentionally created to look like it was toppled over, which represents the time of war and conflict. Around the wall is a walkway created with engraved pavers; it's engraved with the names of soldiers who have served and fallen. There is a green grassy space inside the wall of peace, called the Court of Honor. There was soil brought from cemeteries, battlefields, and prison camps as well as water from the oceans; it was placed in the grassy area of the memorial. I thought that was intriguing and honorable. Overall, a very well thought out memorial and worth a visit to pay respect to the fallen.

If you've ever approached the center of West Hartford by driving south on Main Street, you may have…read morenoticed a small town green on your right, where Main hits Farmington Avenue. This is the site of one of the most unique, thoughtful, detailed, artistic, and thought provoking memorials I have ever seen. Welcome to the Connecticut Veterans Memorial. It honors all branches of the armed forces who answered the call of service from the King Philip War of pre-independence America through the Global War on Terror of today. The memorial is essentially a spiral sculpture representing the flow of time across the decades and centuries of our history. The spiral takes the form of granite blocks arranged in a large circle. The circle is unbroken during times of peace, but is disrupted during times of war, when the slabs representing that period of time are uprooted from their normal position. They end up looking as if they were pushed aside and tumbled by an earthquake or tossed aside in anger by an unseen hand. Each of these uprooted blocks bears the names of West Hartford vets who gave their lives during that time period. There are pavers on the ground known as "the Walk of Remembrance" with the engraved names of any veteran who served in the US armed forces on the bricks. Soil from Over 150 US and 39 international battlefields and cemeteries was donated to the project, as was water from Pearl Harbor and the world's seven oceans. This beautiful, creative, artistic, and very thoughtful memorial was dedicated on May 21, 2006