Louis’ Lunch (New Haven, Connecticut)

The humble hamburger was created, so the story goes, in 1900 in response to a customer’s hurried request for a lunch to go. It was at Louis’ Lunch in New Haven, Connecticut that this historic

The Mark Twain House and Museum

The Mark Twain House (Hartford, Connecticut)

Designed by Edward Tuckerman Potter of New York in the American High Gothic style, the Mark Twain House and Mu­­seum in Hartford, Connecticut, was the home of Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) and his family

The Griswold Inn (Essex, Connecticut)

The oldest continuously run tavern in the United States is located in the quaint seaport village of Essex, Connecticut.  Founded by three brothers in the late 18th century (1776 to be exact) and named for

Ten Oldest Restaurants in the United States

Louis’ Lunch (1895) New Haven, Connecticut Recognized by the Library of Congress in 2000 as the origin of the hamburger, Louis’ Lunch is one of the longest continually operated restaurants in the United States, but it