Oorah! National Iwo Jima Memorial, Newington & New Britain We all have "those things" that we live near that we just never check out. Be it a museum or a hike or restaurant or whatever. I think the unconscious thinking is, "I live nearby, so it's easy to get to, so I'll make the effort someday." The National … [Read more...]
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Hartford Police Museum (Closed)
Five-Oh No Hartford This museum closed in... I don't know. I created this website in September 2006. The intent was to visit and write about every museum in Connecticut. With that in mind, I decided back then to write about museums that closed - even the ones I wasn't able to visit. And I think that's a … [Read more...]
Charlie Krug & Indian Jack Caves
Don't Know Jack Indian Jack & Charlie Krug Caves, Plymouth December 2022 If for some odd reason you've been reading through my pagef on various Connecticut caves and dens, you're surely tired of reading that almost none of our state's caves are actually caves. And that sometimes our … [Read more...]
Book Review: Connecticut Farms and Farmers Markets
Yee-Haw Connecticut Farms and Farmers Markets Eric D. Lehman and Amy Nawrocki (2022) I didn't plan on actually reading this book. I don't think the prolific Connecticut authors plan for anyone to read read Connecticut Farms and Farmers Markets. That's not the point of it at all. I, however, actually read the … [Read more...]
Cedar Mountain and Balf Nature Preserve
Okay Balf Cedar Mountain and Balf Nature Preserve, Newington January 2023 If you happen to be a Newington resident and have read some of the other pages I've written about Newington trails, you're probably gritting your teeth preparing for another smarmy screed from me. I can hear you from here... "here we go, … [Read more...]
Sterling Opera House (Abandoned)
No Ficken Joke Sterling Opera House, Derby I suppose I could have tried to get a personal tour of this place. After all, NBC30 did. So did Atlas Obscura as well as Damned Connecticut. In a way, I consider all three of those outlets peers. I'll also consider them primary source material for this page. Because, as … [Read more...]
Buttermilk Falls (Plymouth)
Feel the Churn Buttermilk Falls, Plymouth December 2022 Every state has its own Buttermilk Falls. Most states have multiple. Connecticut even has two. That's right, our little state with a general paucity of decent waterfalls couldn't come up with different names for Plymouth's Buttermilk Falls and the much … [Read more...]
Bethany Museum of Impressionism
First Impressions... Bethany (Private home) December 2022 I don't often explain my page titles. Most of the time they are just so good and brilliant that they speak for themselves. Other times, they are just so great and beyond brilliant that only an elite few will appreciate them. (Those are the readers that know … [Read more...]
Beer’d Brewing @ The Silo
Beer'd: Near'd and Dear'd The Beer'd Brewing Company @ The Silo, Groton November 2022 The two Beer'd Brewing taprooms are probably about nine miles apart as a crow flies. The most direct driving route is about 10 and a half miles. The typically quickest driving route is over 13 miles, much of it on I-95. The … [Read more...]
Indian Hill Trail
A Proper Troll Indian Hill Trail, Newington January 2023 Oh Newington, you vexing mistress, you. First, you go and elect a guy with my name as mayor (He didn't run in 2016, but whatever). Then you claim to have the "world's smallest waterfall" which is just the dumbest thing - that screams out for me to … [Read more...]
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