Hartford, Connecticut

Crowne Plaza Hartford Downtown

350 rooms (five suites)

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

The nation's oldest public art museum (1842). World-renowned collections include Hudson River School landscapes, Old Master paintings, modernist masterpieces, Impressionist paintings, American furniture, decorative arts, cutting-edge contemporary art. Restaurant (860-728-5989);

Ancient Burying Ground of Hartford

Final resting place of Revolutionary War soldiers and 17th-century settlers including African-Americans and Hartford's founder Thomas Hooker. Were orginally 6,000 graves, 435 markers still stand. (No grave rubbing)

Central Regional Tourism District - River Valley/C

Real Art Ways

Presenter of new and innovative art: visual art exhibitions in 4