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- Connecticut State Capital Building Located off the highway, featuring it's distinctive Gold-colored dome.
- Old State House The original CT capitol building is found in the midst of downtown Hartford.
- Mark Twain House, 351 Farmington Av., Phone: 860-247-0998, [3]. Located in the historic west end of Hartford, this is where popular author Mark Twain lived for much of his life and wrote several of his books (e.g. Tom Sawyer). $17/$13.
- Harriet Beecher Stowe House, 77 Forest Street, Phone: 860-522-9258, [4]. Historic house of Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Elizabeth Park Beautiful and large park in Hartford's west end equipped with gardens, gazebos, restaurants, trails, etc. The rose garden is not to be missed.
- Wadsworth Atheneum, 600 Main St., Phone: 860-278-2670, [5]. One of America's finest art museums.
- Colt Factory America's favourite gunshop, shaped like an arabian palace. It can be viewed just south of the skyline from East Hartford. It is in Hartford's south end.
- Bushnell Park, Trinity St. The first publicly funded park in America. Located in the center of the city and bordering the state capitol building. The park was designed by the architect of Central Park in New York City.
- Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch, Bushnell Park. The first memorial arch in America, it pays tribute to the Connecticut soldiers who lost their lives in the American Civil War. It also pays tribute to slaves and their stuggle.
- The Children's Museum, 950 Trout Brook Dr., West Hartford, Phone: 860-231-2824, [6]. The former science center of connecticut in West Hartford has hands on exhibits, planetarium and mini zoo designed for grades k-6.
- The Noah Webster House, 227 South Main Street, West Hartford, 860-521-5362, [7]. Birthplace of Noah Webster who wrote the first American Dictonary.
- Nathan Hale Homestead, 229 South Street, Coventry, Phone: 860-742-6917., [8].
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- Hartford Civic Center The largest arena in Connecticut. This is the former home of the Hartford Whalers National Hockey League team and numerous other professional sports teams and the current home of American Hockey League Hartford Wolfpack, and the UCONN NCAA Basketball team, the Huskies. Various bands and recording artists perform here, mostly popular and more established acts.
- New England Dodge Music Centre Located on Savit Way, just outside downtown Hartford. This is a large amplitheatre. It opens in the summer to early fall.
- Webster Theatre, 31 Webster Street, [9]. Small-scale club shows.
- Rentschler Field A stadium in East Hartford which homes UCONN football games. The stadium has also been used as a concert hall. Since its opening in 2003, Bruce Springsteen and the Rolling Stones have both played here. The Police are scheduled to perform on July 31, 2007.
- Connecticut Convention Center, 100 Columbus Blvd., Phone: 860-251-8111, [10]. At 540,000 square feet, the largest convention center in southern new england overlooks the Connecticut River and the central business district. Attached to the center is a new 409 room 22 story Marriott Hotel.
- Bushnell Center for Performing Arts, 166 Capitol Av., Phone: 860-987-5900, [11]. In downtown Hartford, home to the Hartford Symphony Orchestra. The theatre principally showcases classical music and travelling Broadway shows. Popular comics also tour here.
- Wadsworth Athenium-local art museum featuring many famous works, including an exhibit of Salvador Dali
- Hartford Stage Tony winning theatre that constantly puts on shows/ takes in shows from on-the-road broadway plays.
- Theatre Works Slightly less popular theatre in the same area. It is a very quiet and non-crowded place though.
- Crown Theatre at Art Cinema art films are played here- brainard rd
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- Food With its large Italian population, phenomenal Italian cuisine and pizza seems to be at every street corner, especially in the South End. The Park Street area has many Puerto Rican restaurants. Most expensive restaurants can be found in Downtown Hartford and neighboring West Hartford Center. Hartford has one of the largest concentrations of West Indians in the country, concentrated in the North End. For exceptional West Indian cuisine go to Albany Avenue, where you will see many Jamaican bakeries and other West Indian restaurants.
- MaxDowntown, 185 Asylum Street (City Place),[12]. Part of one of the city's finest restaurants and is consistantly ranked as one of the city's best restaurants.
- El Salvador traditional Salvadorian food in the center of East Hartford's multicultural Burnside Avenue.
- Grant's A trendy but surprisingly inexpensive restaurant in West Hartford Center.
- Black Eyed Sally's A medium sized restaurant serving traditional southeastern food. The restaurant also plays live music from local blues' artists.
- Gold Roc Diner Cheap 24-hour diner on Hartford West Hartford line (Exit 44 off I-84).
- Great Taste Best Chinese food in the area, on Main Street in New Britian.
- Luna Pizza Chain located in Avon, Plainville, West Hartford, Cromwell, and Glastonbury. Best NY pizza hands down.
- Vaughan's, Pratt Street across from the Civic Center. An Irish-owned and themed restaurant, with many traditional Irish meals on the menu. Excellent happy hour specials.
- Roma's A local Italian treasure serving excellent pizza and pasta.
- 5 Guys Burgers and Fries, 255 W. Main St., Avon (Rt 44), Phone: (860)409-9100, [13]. Voted one of the best Hamburger places in Connecticut. Zagat rated "mind blowing fries" "at rock bottom prices". In Big Y plaza in Avon.
- Coyote Flaco Tasty Mexican restuarant located nar Trinity College.
- Mo's Midtown Consistently ranked as best breakfast and brunch spot in the area, by the Hartford Advocate.
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