Things to see and do while in

Northwestern Connecticut

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Connecticut's biggest water park and Boulder Dash - voted the world's best wooden coaster - at  Lake Compounce Theme Park. Bristol

The Brookfield Craft Center, which produces, displays and sells top-notch contemporary crafts, and is set in a restored red Colonial mill. Brookfield

A re-created Algonkian village, longhouse and simulated archaeological site at the Institute for American Indian Studies. Washington

The Mattatuck Museum, a showcase for Connecticut industry and 19th- and 20th-century art. Waterbury

Visit some unique collections at the Danbury Railway Museum in Danbury

The carousel, boat rides, water ride and petting zoo at Quassy Amusement Park. Middlebury

A scenic ride on the Naugatuck Railroad Co. and exhibits at the Railroad Museum of New England in the 1881 Thomaston station. Thomaston

The new, one-of-a-kind Timexpo Museum, where Timex history is explored minute by minute. Waterbury