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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Norwich

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Norwich, Connecticut

Updated December 22, 2020

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The Blue Lady of Yantic Cemetery

Made of bronze and wearing a blue gown, this lady sat in the same location in the Yantic Cemetery for more than 119 years.
Monument to Miantonomo

Norwich, Connecticut

Monument to Miantonomo

The site where chief Miantonomo of the Narraganset people was captured.
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Preston, Connecticut

Norwich State Hospital

Underground tunnels remain beneath this abandoned mental asylum.
2 miles from Norwich
Camptosaurus on the rocks.

Uncasville, Connecticut

Wells Dinosaur Haven

A free display of artistic lifesize dinosaur sculptures in a backyard garden.
2 miles from Norwich
The Ray family, Connecticut’s most famous vampire-plagued family

Griswold, Connecticut

Jewett City Vampires

The graves of a Connecticut family thought to have been plagued by a vampire.
7 miles from Norwich
The Nautilis

Groton, Connecticut

Submarine Force Museum

The US Navy's only submarine museum is also home to the world's first nuclear submarine.
9 miles from Norwich

Groton, Connecticut

Gungywamp

The kind of mixed-up place that drives archaeologists crazy.
9 miles from Norwich
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