CLOSE-U ON WETHERSFIELD, CONN.

DISTANCE FROM BOSTON: 102 miles

POPULATION: 26,275

WEBSITES: historicwethersfield.org, wethhist.org.

ODD FACT: During a visit in 1774, future president John Adams climbed the steeple of the town's meeting house (now the First Church of Christ) and claimed the view was "the most grand and beautiful prospect in the world, at least, that I ever saw."

In 1634, a group of Massachusetts colonists settled just south of present-day Hartford, establishing Connecticut's first town. Today, Wethersfield has the largest historic district in the state with more than 1,100 ...

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