Hidden Gems Of Connecticut

VERNON, CT — Power out? Want to take a ride? Why not head to the path of the famous French contributor to the cause during the American Revolution — the Marquis de Lafayette?

It's a small monument near the section of Vernon named after him close to the Tolland line.

According to the website Today In Connecticut History, the monument sits along the path of Lafayette's second tour of Connecticut — in 1824 and 1825.

According to the account, on Sept. 3, 1824 after stopping in Worcester, the Marquis spent the night at the Springs Hotel in Stafford. He also stopped at what is now the Tolland-Vernon line before making his way to Hartford, where another monument in his honor stands.

According to the Connecticut Historical Society, he also stopped at the King's Tavern near where the monument stands while visiting America in 1724.
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The Hidden Gems series features out-of-the-way mom and pop restaurants, small specialty stores you may have never heard of, little-known historical markers or beautiful nature spots that may be a bit off the beaten path, all in Connecticut.