The Mark Twain House & Museum
$25–$50Tour the 1874 High Gothic home where Mark Twain wrote Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, then browse the museum galleries.

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Public Art CT is a sightseeing stop in Hartford, CT, part of the Western Massachusetts guide. Cost: free.
· Hartford, CT
Public Art CT is a nonprofit guide to free public art, sculptures, and historic buildings, with its core coverage focused on the Greater Hartford, Connecticut area. Visitors within the region can use a GPS-enabled device to locate nearby artworks through the site. The brochure distributed in CTM racks is titled Public Art CT.
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