Connecticut River Museum, Connecticut

The town of Essex is one of the only towns in the state that is really integrated with the Connecticut River. Main Street ends at a boat ramp, next to the Connecticut River Museum. The museum is in a former steamboat warehouse building on the waterfront, and contains many remarkable displays and artifacts related to the river, including a continuous painting of the river, running through the stairwell, with a hundred or so aerial photos of points of interest along the river.