SSS: Connecticut

"The Constitution State"

Things to see & do:

-Long Island Sound shoreline
-Hammonasset Beach State Park
-Mystic Seaport
-Norwich's Mohegan Indian Burial Ground
-Housatonic River Valley
-Housatonic Meadows State Park
-Quiet Corner farm country
-Mystic Aquarium
-Essex Steam Train & Riverboat
-Stonington lighthouse museum
-Scoville Memorial Library-- the first free public library in the U.S.
-Long Wharf & Schubert Theaters
-Peabody Museum of Natural History
-Yale University Art Gallery & Yale Center for British Art
-Old State House in Hartford
-former homes of  Mark a Twain & Harriet Beecher Stowe
-Wadsworth Atheneum & Bushnell Performing Arts Center

BUT MOSTLY:

*EAT in New Haven.
-Louis' Lunch Wagon (old-fashioned burgers)
-the "grinder" (hot Italian sandwich)
-"apizza" (thin, brick-oven pizza, best with clams & garlicky white sauce)
[Apparently, Frank Sinatra enjoyed New Haven pizza so much that he had it delivered to NYC (two hours away) rather frequently.]
:)

SSS: Rhode Island

RHODE ISLAND
"Ocean State"
Rhode Island may be the smallest state in America, but their motto is "Hope" which makes me love it already. :) & Since Rhode Island is so small (48 miles long & 42 miles wide) I'm planning to see pretty much everything this tiny state has to offer. ;)
Block Island:
-Mohegan Bluffs (200 feet high)
-Block Island Beach Rec Area
-New Shoreham (the island's only town)
Bristol:
-Colt State Park
-Coggeshall Farm (replica of 18th century working farm)
-Roger Williams University
-Blithewold Mansion & Gardens
-Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology
-Brown University (Native American Arts & cultural items)
-Herreshoff Marine Museum & America's Cup Hall of Fame
Newport:
-Tour a mansion on Bellevue Ave
-Hammersmith Farm
-Friends Meeting House
-Touro Synagogue National Historic Site
-Fort Adams State Park
-Old Colony House, Washington Square
-Gooseberry & Easton's Beaches, Sachuest & Third Beaches
Pawtucket:
-Slater Mill Historic Site
-Blackstone River National Heritage Corridor
Providence
- "costume jewelry capital of the nation"
-Ivy League Brown University, the Museum of Art-- Rhode Island School of Design, Providence College, Rhode Island College, & Johnson and Wales University
-first Baptist Church in America
-Benefit Street's "Mile of History"
-Roger Williams Park
Warwick:
-known for its malls & outlet stores
-Warwick City Park
-Oakland Beach
Westerly:
-villages: Westerly, Watch Hill, Bradford, Avondale
-beaches between Watch Hill & Weekapaug
-The Flying Horse Carousel at Watch Hill
Woonsocket:
-Museum of Work and Culture

SSS: Massachusetts

I'm not sure why, but I am beyond excited to visit Massachusetts! I've been there before, but for some reason researching Massachusetts makes me so happy! The plan is to be there for Halloween 2014. :D

This website, Massachusetts Vacations, has SO much fantastic information including sections all about holidays in Massachusetts... And of course my favorite is  HALLOWEEN! :D

SSS: Maine

MAINE
Also known as: "The Pine Tree State" OR "Vacationland"

Trademarks (& things I don't want to miss):
-lobsters
-blueberries
-moose
-rocky shores
-lighthouses
-mosquitoes (these I wouldn't mind missing)
^^ According to The USA BOOK

Acadia National Park
Mount Katahdin
Baxter State Park
Allagash Wilderness Waterway
Sand Beach
Camden Harbor
Moosehead Lake
Portland & West End

Mostly I want to eat seafood chowder containing Maine's famous lobsters & potatoes.  And maybe some blueberry pancakes & muffins too. Also, apparently it's a Maine tradition to enjoy "popovers with strawberry jam served on the lawn at Jordan Pond teahouse." So that'll be happening too. ;)