Not Even 50 Cents on the Dollar The Sisti Mansion, Farmington The pictures are from The Courant and William Ravies Realty. I guess, in a sense, it shouldn't be surprising that I live near two of the largest private homes in America. I do live in Connecticut after all, and if I've learned anything about living in … [Read more...]
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The Boat Building
We're Not Gonna Need a Bigger Boat The World's First Two-Sided Building, Hartford Yes! Another page about another insurance company in Hartford. This isn't a surprise, is it? After all, the capital city laid claim to being the "Insurance Capital of the World" for a century. (While people still say it, I believe … [Read more...]
Windsor Locks Canal Trail State Park (North)
Route Canal Windsor Locks Canal Trail State Park, Suffield November 2017 This path follows the route of the canal and... route canal?! C'mon, give me some love for the title above. Although a walk or ride along the full length of this state park trail isn't quite as painful as the dental procedure, it's had its … [Read more...]
The Hartford Athletic
Athletics' Foot The Hartford Athletic at Dillon Stadium August 2020 I could go two ways with this page. Simple and easy; went to a lower level professional soccer game with some friends during a pandemic and had fun... or wonky and complicated; went to a low level professional soccer game and here's everything you … [Read more...]
Pitkin Street Tunnel
New Haven Underground Pitkin Street Tunnel, New Haven January 2021 You may not think of Connecticut as state with tunnels that matter, but it kind of is. The tunnel through West Rock, called Heroes Tunnel, is the only highway/road tunnel through a land feature in New England. Surprising, right? Connecticut is also … [Read more...]
Mansfield Hollow State Park & Wildlife Area
Mansfield Hollow State Park & Wildlife Area Mansfield & Windham You're not going to find too many references to the Mansfield Hollow Wildlife Management Area. But in reality, the WMA has more land acreage than the state park. But it's all one chunk of land and lake, so it's ridiculous for me to even make this … [Read more...]
Kriz Farm Horseshoe Pile
Krizt! Kriz Farm Horseshoe Pile, Bethany January 2021 Once in a blue moon a reader alerts me to something in Connecticut about which I was wholly unaware. After writing everything on this website for so many years, that's not bragging... it's just a fact. And really, would that even be something to brag … [Read more...]
Cedar Bridge House
Bridge Over Troubled Listing Cedar Bridge House, Glastonbury Oh snap, this is another page about something that I have not actually visited myself. I think that makes maybe three out of thousands on this site. (Warning: there will be more, mostly about private homes that I can only admire/gawk at from my keyboard.) … [Read more...]
Toggy the Two-Headed Goat (Gone)
The G.O.A.T. Riverview Farms, Glastonbury I believe ol' Toggy has been removed. How awesome is this? It's Toggy, the two-headed goat! She was born on January 21, 2008, right in the room we were standing in! Just a genetic abnormality, Toggy had two spines too, but only one set of organs. I think it was … [Read more...]
Loomis Homestead
Loomising Large Loomis Homestead Windsor Windsor claims, with some authority, to be Connecticut's oldest town. And this house, on the campus of the Loomis Chaffee School, is the oldest house in Windsor. No, the transitive property (or whatever) doesn't work here. The oldest house still standing in Connecticut is … [Read more...]
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