| Preface | | v | |
| Acknowledgments | | vi | |
| DREAMERS AND DOERS | |
| | 2 | (3) |
| Monumental Achievement, New Haven |
| | 5 | (3) |
| A Passion for Animation, Cheshire |
| | 8 | (2) |
| | 10 | (2) |
| | 12 | (2) |
| Angie's Kids, New Milford |
| | 14 | (2) |
| Looking Forward, New Haven |
| | 15 | (1) |
| | 16 | (2) |
| | 18 | (2) |
| Trains: A Love Story, Wallingford |
| | 20 | (2) |
| | 22 | (2) |
| Puppet Masters, Storrs & Mansfield |
| | 24 | (4) |
| YANKEE INGENUITY | |
| Riding the Naugy's Rails, Thomaston, Waterbury & Torrington |
| | 28 | (2) |
| The Cheese Lady, Colchester |
| | 30 | (2) |
| Car Wax to the Stars' Cars, Killingworth & North Branford |
| | 32 | (2) |
| The Smallest Show on Earth, Meriden & Bridgeport |
| | 34 | (2) |
| | 36 | (2) |
| Disneyland of Dairy Stores, Norwalk & Danbury |
| | 38 | (2) |
| Witch's Brew, Essex & East Hampton |
| | 40 | (2) |
| | 42 | (2) |
| | 44 | (2) |
| | 45 | (1) |
| Building Blocks, Branford |
| | 46 | (4) |
| Across the River, Portland |
| | 48 | (2) |
| CONNECTICUT CUISINE | |
| Grape Expectations, Pomfret |
| | 50 | (3) |
| Suited to a Tea, Salisbury |
| | 53 | (3) |
| Another Teatime Favorite, Higganum |
| | 55 | (1) |
| Never on Fridays, Cheshire |
| | 56 | (2) |
| Taste of the Past, Farmington Valley |
| | 58 | (2) |
| | 60 | (2) |
| Walk on the Wild Side, Sharon |
| | 61 | (1) |
| The Ultimate Indulgence, Hartford |
| | 62 | (2) |
| | 64 | (2) |
| Smoked, Goshen & Torrington |
| | 66 | (2) |
| | 68 | (4) |
| A Twist on Tradition, North Guilford |
| | 70 | (2) |
| ARTFUL LIVING | |
| Auto Artist, Easst Lyme & Salem |
| | 72 | (2) |
| | 74 | (2) |
| | 76 | (2) |
| Keyboard Virtuosos, Stonington |
| | 78 | (2) |
| Queens of Hearts, Madison & Groton |
| | 80 | (2) |
| Renaissance Revels, Bristol |
| | 82 | (2) |
| Tales from the First World, New Haven & Milford |
| | 84 | (2) |
| Louder Than Words, Hartford |
| | 86 | (2) |
| Connecticut's Tropics, Danielson |
| | 88 | (2) |
| A Gardener's Paradise, Litchfield |
| | 89 | (1) |
| Beauty Inside and Out, Farmington |
| | 90 | (4) |
| HISTORIC PEOPLE AND PLACES | |
| The Freedom Schooner, Mystic & New Haven |
| | 94 | (4) |
| | 97 | (1) |
| Keepers of the Flame, Stonington, New London, Noank, Statford & Norwalk |
| | 98 | (4) |
| | 102 | (2) |
| | 104 | (2) |
| | 106 | (2) |
| Steam Engine Cider Mill, Old Mystic |
| | 108 | (2) |
| Hands-on History, North Guilford |
| | 110 | (2) |
| For Honor and Valor, Burlington |
| | 112 | (2) |
| | 114 | (4) |
| ANIMALS AND THEIR PEOPLE | |
| | 118 | (2) |
| Signs of Love, Killingworth |
| | 120 | (2) |
| | 122 | (2) |
| | 124 | (2) |
| | 126 | (2) |
| A Coastal Sanctuary, Milford |
| | 128 | (2) |
| Partners for Life, New Haven & Bloomfield |
| | 130 | (4) |
| HELPING HANDS | |
| A Gift by the Sea, Waterford |
| | 134 | (2) |
| Saving the Yale House, Wallingford |
| | 136 | (3) |
| Submarine Centennial, Groton |
| | 139 | (3) |
| Doctors of Mirth, Stamford |
| | 142 | (2) |
| More Clowning Around, New Haven |
| | 143 | (1) |
| Show Time, Hamden, New Haven & Stamford |
| | 144 | (2) |
| Souvenirs of Connecticut's Past, Fairfield |
| | 146 | (2) |
| Team Gillette, East Haddam |
| | 148 | (3) |
| Guarding History, New Haven |
| | 151 | (3) |
| About the Author | | 154 | |
