As I was mapping my route to New York I noticed a Mark Twain House in Hartford. That seemed worthwhile, so I went. This is the house Twain had built once he was a successful writer. He and his family lived there from 1874 to 1891, when Twain went broke investing in a typesetting machine called the Paige Compositor. The adjacent museum has the only remaining Compositor in existence.

The house is very grand, with art and architectural elements from around the world. Oddly, Twain did most of his writing in the billiard room.

Harriet Beecher Stowe lived next door, and her house also has tours, but was closed.