New London, Connecticut

Nathan Hale Schoolhouse

One-room school where patriot spy and Connecticut's state hero Nathan Hale taught (1774-1775)

Holiday Inn New London/Mystic

136 units (three suites), rest., lounge, TV, coffeemaker, exercise room, I pool;

NEW LONDON TO ORIENT POINT, Long Island, NY

Vehicle and passenger ferries. Hourly service during summer months. Crossing time approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes; eating facilities. Capacities: 35 to 120 cars and 300 to 1,000 passengers. High-speed passenger service, 40-minute crossing time with 400

Monte Cristo Cottage

Boyhood home of Nobel Prize-winning playwright Eugene O'Neill; named for the Count of Monte Cristo, his actor-father's most famous role. Setting for O'Neill's "Long Day's Journey Into Night" and his only comedy, "Ah, Wilderness!"

Lady Margaret