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Halfway between Boston and New York, Mystic Country is bound by Long Island Sound on the south, the west by the Connecticut River, the east by neighboring Rhode Island, and the north, by Massachusetts. Numerous attractions make the region New England’s most interesting area, to visitors from around the world.
Home of Mystic Seaport: the Museum of America and the Sea, the premier maritime museum in the world. Mystic Aquarium, home to the Alaskan Coast Exhibit, (including beluga whales) and to the Challenge of the Deep, “Titanic” discover Dr. Robert Ballard’s exhibit. The 80,000 square foot Mashantucket Pequot Museum tells the story of Native American Indians through life-like exhibits and the latest in computer technology.
The Connecticut Impressionist Art Trail’s Florence Griswold and Lyman Allyn Art Museums are also here. The former, in Old Lyme, is the historic home of the American Impressionist Movement.
Eastern Connecticut is proudly the home of the Quinebaug Shetucket Heritage Corridor, also known as the “Last Green Valley”. This corridor spans 35 towns in eastern Connecticut and southern Massachusetts. The Last Green Valley is half the size of Grand Canyon National Park and more than ten times that of Acadia, the largest national park in the northeast. Forest and farmland make up more than 70% of its 695,000-acres.
American history abounds in the region: New London was the second largest whaling port in the United States and the restored waterfront park and historic sites in the city, including Ft. Trumbull State Park, interpret the area’s history and heritage. America’s only Nobel Prize winning dramatist, Eugene O’Neill, spent his youth in New London at the Monte Cristo Cottage, which is open to visitors and holds special events throughout the year.
There are also many sites throughout the region which played important roles in the Revolutionary War; including the Revolutionary War Office in Lebanon, which acted as the headquarters for the Council of Safety, and the Jonathan Trumbull Jr. House, where Washington once slept. The maritime heritage of Connecticut lives on at the US Coast Guard Academy, home to the tall ship USCG Barque Eagle, and at the Historic Ship Nautilus and Submarine Force Museum in Groton.
The Arts are alive with galleries, museums, and art festivals, concerts and plays available throughout the year, including drama at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in Waterford, Connecticut Repertory Theater at UCONN and the Spirit of Broadway Theater in Norwich. Live music can be enjoyed at Summer Music at Harkness State Park, in Waterford, the Eastern Connecticut Symphony, the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts at UCONN and at a full series of performances at the Garde Arts Center, in New London.
Mystic Country offers New England’s only two casinos: Mohegan Sun, and Foxwoods Resort Casino and MGM Grand, the world’s largest casinos, all of which provide all the excitement, fine dining, fabulous accommodations and top name entertainment you are accustomed to find only in Las Vegas! Over 8000 rooms are available at the casinos or in luxurious Inns and quaint B&B, reasonable motels and first class hotels, making Mystic Country truly a destination for all interests, all travelers and all season.
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