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 of them sit within a short drive of each other in the state's western hills, sharing colonial roots, brass-and-hat industrial history, and some of Connecticut's best small-town wandering. This collection gathers our guides to the Burys — 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.