The Goodspeed offers tours on occasion and I’d been itching to catch one for years. Tourism brochures love to feature the striking Victorian building whenever possible. Um, Greenwich wealth? CTMQ?īut if we shrink our 30,000 foot view and come down to earth a bit, I’d argue that the beautiful Goodspeed Opera House on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River fits the “icon” bill for sure. Yale, New Haven pizza, Mark Twain’s House, Mystic Seaport maybe… insurance? The Whalers logo for sure. Religion, Remembrances, Statuary, & Outdoor Artįrom a national view, there are very few things that are truly iconic in Connecticut.Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries.Houses, Communities, Urban Legends, Lighthouses, Libraries, Schools, Businesses, & Theaters.Sports, Thrills, Cruises, Trains, Fairs, Parades, & Events.Animals, Farms, Gardens, Plants, Trees, Rocks, Waterfalls, & Caves.Firsts, Onlies, Oldests, Largests, Longests, Mosts, Smallests, & Bests.Homemade Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails.Best, Historic, & Unique Restaurants & Foods.Cycling, Multi-Use, & Rails-to-Trails Paths.Audubon, Nature Conservancy, RWA, and US Army Corps of Engineers Trails.State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites.

Goodspeed opera house 2013