http://www.history.com/photos/connecticut View pictures from the state of Connecticut on History. See images of famous locations that represent the state. en Copyright 2013, History.com Fri, 24 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT History.com 2013-05-24T04:00:00Z en Copyright 2013, History.com http://www.history.com/photos/connecticut/photo1 Mystic is a village in New London County, Connecticut. Mystic is a historic locality, though it has no independent government. It is not a legally recognized municipality within the state of Connecticut. Rather, Mystic is located within the towns of Groton (west of the Mystic River, and also known a http://www.history.com/photos/connecticut/photo1 http://www.history.com/photos/connecticut/photo2 The lights of traffic and buildings illuminate downtown Hartford at night. http://www.history.com/photos/connecticut/photo2 http://www.history.com/photos/connecticut/photo3 The American Robin was adopted as the official State Bird by the General Assembly in 1943. The name Robin is applied to a number of familiar birds, but in North America it is the migratory thrush. (Turdus migratorius.) http://www.history.com/photos/connecticut/photo3 http://www.history.com/photos/connecticut/photo4 Designated as the State Flower by the General Assembly in 1907, the Mountain Laurel is perhaps the most beautiful of native American shrubs. Its fragrance and the massed richness of its white and pink blossoms so vividly contrast with the darker colors of the forests and the fields that they have co http://www.history.com/photos/connecticut/photo4