The scenic Litchfield Hills region, covering the corner of northwest Connecticut, is home to several historic inns and restaurants. One of the very best is the Hopkins Inn in the small, picture-postcard village of Warren (pop. around 1,400). Settled in 1737, its attractions include a small state park, a charming one-room schoolhouse, a winery, and the handsome, 264-year-old Warren Congregational Church. And despite its tiny size, Warren has had some notable residents indeed, including film director Miloš Forman and writers Philip Roth and Francine du Plessix Gray.

It also has a lovely, 656-acre body of water, Lake Waramaug, and it's overlooking this as well as the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains, that this inn was opened in 1847 as the Hopkins Place, a summer boarding house. It operated as such until 1941 when it closed for the duration of World War II. It reopened again as the Hopkins Inn in 1945 and has been providing delicious meals and comfort to travelers ever since. The current congenial owners, Franz and Beth Schober, have operated the inn for more than 40 years.

Read more in Tripatini contributors Wayne and Judy Bayliff - Photojournalists´ post Discovering the Historic Hopkins Inn in Connecticut's Litchfield Hills.