Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) and his family lived in Hartford for a portion of his adult life, so I took a tour of his house. It was in an area that, at that time, drew a lot of writers and artists, so Harriet Beecher Stowe's home is next door, though I didn't have time to tour that.
The Twain house is beautiful, inside and out. The architecture is really intricate with lots of balconies all over. The home has much of the original furniture and other pieces that belonged to the Clemens family. Although much of his writing was done in the summers when the family was in New York or elsewhere, he had an office upstairs with multiple balconies — and a desk in the corner for writing to avoid distractions.
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