- See where Mark Twain wrote his most important works at The Mark Twain House & Museum.
- Watch a performing art show at Hartford Stage.
- Visit the oldest place in Hartford at the Ancient Burying Ground.
- Stop by the grave of the discoverer of Anesthesia at Cedar Hill Cemetery.
- Get a psychic reading done at Psychic Readings By Delilah.
- Take an interactive guided tour at the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center.
- Learn the history of the Connecticut Capitol by taking a tour of it.
- Ride on the Bushnell Park Carousel.
- Smoke hookah at the Fire & Coal Hookah Café.
- Go on an immersive haunted shopping experience at the Curioporium.
- Watch a film at Real Art Ways.
- Check out over 50,000 American, European & contemporary works of art at Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art.
- Have a tea party at Tisane Euro-Asian Cafe.
- Smoke a cigar in The Penthouse Cigar Lounge.
- See the marking of the site of where the Isle of Safety once stood.
- Visit the original seat of the state legislature at Connecticut’s Old State House.
- Tour the Butler-McCook House which is Hartford’s oldest house.
- Snap a photo by the Calder Stegosaurus.
- Watch a soccer game at Trinity Health Stadium.
- Learn about the day the clowns cried at the Circus Horror Memorial.
- Admire the stained glass windows at Cathedral of Saint Joseph.
- Explore the exterior of an Abandoned Comet Diner.
- Go for a dip in the pools at Colt Park.
- Check out the Colonial America Tavern Signs Collection at the Connecticut Historical Society.
- Attempt the Bearwich BBQ Sandwich Challenge at Bear’s BBQ.
- Visit the Statue of Rover a tribute to a loyal dog who waited outside a hospital for his owner to come back.
- See an actual piece of the moon at the Connecticut Science Center.
- Watch a movie at Apple Cinemas Xtreme.
- Bowl at Ducks on the Ave.
- Ice skate at the Winterfest Hartford Rink.
- Try to find Little River Restoratives a speakeasy bar.
- Stop by the Site of the First Public Payphone.
- Do a spirit tasting at Hartford Flavor Company.
- Play disc golf at Keney Park Disc Golf Course.
- Find the Flood 1936 Marker a tiny memorial for the year the Connecticut River almost destroyed New England.
- Ride a horse at EHI Equestrian & Therapeutic Center.
- Skateboard at Heaven Skatepark.
- Learn to pole dance at Pole Control Studios.
- Take a yoga lesson at Hartford Sweat.
- Visit the Statue of Jack the Pardoned Turkey a tribute to the first instance of an American president pardoning a turkey.
- Listen to live music at Infinity Music Hall.
- Watch a baseball game at Dunkin’ Park.
- Eat your way through Parkville Market.
- Golf at Goodwin Park Golf Course.
- Take an improv class at Sea Tea Improv Studios.
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