Cheerio! Have You Anything to go with my Cheerios? “A Little Slice of Britain,” Woodstock November 2009 Mrs. Bridges' closed in early 2019. I try to limit the stuff I write about in these untamed sections of the blog. I really do. The stores have to be very, very unique or interesting to make the CTMQ grade … [Read more...]
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Sports, Thrills, Cruises, Trains, Fairs, Parades, & Events
CT Books, Movies, People, & Stories
Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries
Everything Else
Houses, Communities, Urban Legends, Lighthouses, Libraries, Schools, Businesses, & Theaters
Geography
Animals, Farms, Gardens, Plants, Trees, Rocks, Waterfalls, & Caves
Religion, Remembrances, Statuary, & Outdoor Art
Firsts, Onlies, Oldests, Largests, Longests, Mosts, Smallests, & Bests
NHL: First Church of Christ
First Church of Christ, Congregational of Farmington CT National Historic Landmark 75 Main St., Farmington (Operational Church) This church is also on the Amistad Trail My appreciation for the historic district of Farmington is well documented over in the Amistad Trail section where I checked out a bunch of … [Read more...]
Plane Spotting at Bradley (Closed)
De Plane! De Plane! Viewing Area at Bradley Int'l Airport East Granby, CT This viewing area/lot was closed off by a wall of Jersey barriers in 2015. Oh well. I know, this is silly, but I once got an email asking me if I knew if there was a place to "plane spot" in Connecticut. I guess this is what they mean; a … [Read more...]
NHL: Austin F. Williams Houses
Austin F. Williams House and Carriage House CT National Historic Landmark 127 Main St. in Farmington (Private Residence) The Austin F. Williams House is also on the Amistad Trail Austin Williams (1805-1885) and his wife Jennet Cowles Williams were abolitionists. Their property first became important in the … [Read more...]
NHL: Edward W. Morley House
CT National Historic Landmark Edward W. Morley House West Hartford (Private Residence) A National Historic Landmark right in my hometown?! (Okay, I figured the Noah Webster House would be one, which it is, but this entire story is brand new to me.) The house was declared a National Historic Landmark in … [Read more...]
National Stuff
CTMQ is Going National! (Not Really.) People don't think Connecticut has any national "stuff." But we do. Heck, we finally have a (sort of) national park now with Coltsville National Historical Park in Hartford. We also have our National Champion collegiate sports teams and trees and pizza of course. But what … [Read more...]
Christmas Town: Bethlehem
O (My) Little Town of Bethlehem A visit to Christmas Town December 2009 Crazy. Plum crazy I says. I had heard about Bethlehem from a trusted source who used to write for a local paper out this way that Bethlehem was a “very conservative, very unique” place. I had read that they celebrate their name through … [Read more...]
Oldest Theological School in the US
This Old House (of God) Joseph Bellamy House Bethlehem, December 2009 The more places I go around the state (which, I can confidently say is more than pretty much more than 99% of all Nutmeggers throughout the whole of history), the more fascinating things I learn along the way. This page, for instance, wasn’t … [Read more...]
Gozzi’s Turkey Farm
Max Headroom Goes to Guilford Gozzi's Neon Turkeys, Guilford November 2009 & 2013 Some pictures are from a 2013 revisit. What would compel me to get Hoang and Damian up and out the door early on a Saturday morning to drive all the way down to Guilford for what would amount to a 10 minute visitation? As you can … [Read more...]
“Angry God” Marker
In What State Was God in 1741? "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" Marker Enfield, 11/20/2009 I'll bet God was pretty darn angry when John Edwards sinned and committed adultery with Rielle Hunter a few years ago while his wife was nearly dying of cancer. What? A different John Edwards? This rock monument … [Read more...]
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