Nice $&^$! Museum... #$&$! Thompson (Google Maps location) May 28, 2014 I apologize for my crude title, but it's just very hard for me to say "Tourtellote" without thinking of Tourettes Syndrome. As a parent of a special needs child with very different, but similarly debilitating behaviors, I'm not making fun of … [Read more...]
Olympia Diner
Olympian Olympia Diner, Newington October 2019 When I first put together my list of "Classic Diners" on this website, the list consisted only of actual classic diners. For some reason, I've expanded that original idea to include a bunch of decidedly non-classic dinners in the years since. It sort of bothers me, … [Read more...]
Visit 245. Mashantucket Pequot Museum
Miss January, 1547 Ledyard (Google Maps location) January 5, 2013 Without reservation, I can say this museum is one of the most well-presented museums in Connecticut. And without reservation, I can say that there are more than a few issues going on here at this massive and incredibly expensive museum... … [Read more...]
World’s Largest Indoor Planetarium Dome
Mohegan Sun(s) Casino of the Sky, Mohegan Sun, Montville Please don’t ask me what separates a “planetarium dome” from a “planetarium.” And please don’t bother Googling this claim to come back and tell me it’s rubbish. It very most likely is rubbish, but Mohegan Sun is especially proud of this claim, which is all … [Read more...]
World’s Largest Visible Model of the Solar System (Gone)
Sunsetting World's Largest Visible Model of the Solar System (RIP) Talcott Mountain Science Center, Avon Generally, I’m not too upset about the various things around the state that close. I get to most before their demise and for those that I don’t, well, I'll try to cobble together a page about something if it … [Read more...]
422. Talcott Mountain Science Center & Academy
Night of a Quadrillion Stars Avon (Google Maps location) May 24, 2019 It's funny that it took me nearly 13 years into this CTMQ adventure to get up to the closest entity on CTMQ to my house. (Maybe Westmoor Park or Crown Market is closer, but not by much. Why am I even qualifying this? You certainly don't care. My … [Read more...]
Fire & Ice Festival
Melting Superlatives Putnam February 11, 2017 When Putnam was mentioned as one of the towns I was close to completing, someone commented on the CTMQ facebook page that I simply must get out there for the town’s annual Fire & Ice Festival. I was initially skeptical, as I don’t really go to every town … [Read more...]
World’s Most Powerful Tandem Van de Graaff Accelerator (RIP)
Once You Go Dark Matter, You Never Go Latter Wright Lab, New Haven The last public visits to this thing have come and gone. Yale is dismantling the accelerator, as its usefulness has run its course. Oh well, you missed out. My final stop during the special inauguration day of Yale's 23rd president took me to … [Read more...]
World’s Largest Suspended Natatorium
Things are Going Swimmingly Yale Practice Pool, New Haven I spent a wonderful day in New Haven recently doing a few tours of unique and interesting buildings around Yale's campus. There are so many ridiculously cool things of note around Yale that I came away thinking I could do an entirely separate site called YQ … [Read more...]
Mill Pond Falls
Wikipedia Rules Mill Pond Falls, Newington August 2013 I first became aware of these falls via social media and my friend Johnna. She writes the excellent Size of Connecticut blog and she noted that Newington claims the smallest waterfall in the country. Say what? Where do they claim that? They claim it all … [Read more...]