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Mystic Seaport Lighthouse, Connecticut

 

At first glance, it seems perfectly reasonable that there should be a lighthouse along the shore at the Mystic Seaport Museum. And then you remember: this lighthouse is two mile up a quiet river from the nearest actual seashore.

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But despite having no actual job, it is a working lighthouse; it has a working lighthouse lens on loan from the Coast Guard and is used for demonstrations. It is a 1966 copy of the Brant Point lighthouse on Nantucket.

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For years, it was just part of Mystic's "shore furniture" and wasn't open to visitors, but now houses an  exhibit on...you  guessed it...lighthouses.

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The best part of every trip is realizing that it has upset your expectations

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