Explore history in Clinton, Conn.

Clinton, Conn., is quiet study in American history. Colonial homes, such as the "1630 House" (currently the Tourist Information Center), line Main Street. Yale College commenced classes here in 1701, before funds were endowed to build a permanent campus in New Haven. Some residences operating as Historical Society museums were built from bricks used as ballast in merchant ships from England. And none other than Benjamin Franklin, as up-and-coming postmaster general, determined the site for a milestone on the "Post Road" -- now Main Street -- in the 1750s.

Malerie Yolen-Cohen