The Burys of Connecticut
Connecticut has a habit of naming towns with the Old English ending -bury — "fortified settlement" — and ten of its towns carry it. Five cluster in the state's western hills, sharing colonial roots and brass-and-hat industrial history. The rest range from an iron town in the northwest corner to a Quiet Corner village that changed who was allowed to go to school in America. This collection gathers our guides to all ten — start anywhere and follow the connections.
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Waterbury, Connecticut: A Brass City Travel GuideWaterbury, Connecticut
The Brass City: a Thomas Lamb palace theater, the Mattatuck Museum, and grinders since 1922.
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Danbury, Connecticut: Hat City History, Rail Heritage, and Where to EatDanbury, Connecticut
Hat City: the museum campus that tells how Danbury crowned America, plus a working railway museum.
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Middlebury, Connecticut: Quassy, the Greenway, and the Quiet Side of the ValleyMiddlebury, Connecticut
Quassy, the lakeside amusement park running since 1908, and a trolley line turned greenway.
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Southbury, Connecticut: State Parks, Colonial Roots, and the Pomperaug ValleySouthbury, Connecticut
Pomperaug valley parks, a one-kettle land legend, and the region's resort-style hotel.
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Woodbury, Connecticut: Antiques Capital, the Glebe House, and Main StreetWoodbury, Connecticut
Connecticut's antiques capital, the Glebe House, and the only public Gertrude Jekyll garden in America.
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Salisbury, Connecticut: Arsenal of the RevolutionSalisbury, Connecticut
Arsenal of the Revolution: northwest-corner iron, Lime Rock Park, and a library that has never closed.
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Roxbury, Connecticut: Rocky Water and Mine HillRoxbury, Connecticut
Mine Hill's abandoned granite furnace, land-trust trails, and one of the quietest town centers in the state.
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Simsbury, Connecticut: Copper Coins, Safety Fuses, and a Hilltop TowerSimsbury, Connecticut
Heublein Tower above the Farmington Valley, the Old Drake Hill Flower Bridge, and the Pinchot Sycamore.
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Glastonbury, Connecticut: The Oldest Ferry in AmericaGlastonbury, Connecticut
The oldest continuously operating ferry in America, colonial houses on the green, and river-valley orchards.
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Canterbury, Connecticut: Prudence Crandall's SchoolCanterbury, Connecticut
Prudence Crandall's school for Black students, the fight it started, and a Scenic Byway through town.
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