The Finish Line! Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford August 11, 2017 A couple things to preface this page: 1. I had a really fun time at the Stafford Motor Speedway. 2. This was, in part, due to the fact that it marked my final visit in Stafford. I've completely completed the town! That’s right, … [Read more...]
203. New England Muscle Bicycle Museum (RIP)
This Place is Bananas! Bloomfield (Closed) May 7, 2011 Since I can only assume you've all read the hundreds of other museum visit pages that I've written, I want to let you know at the outset here that this one will be a bit different than most of the others. For one, this museum no longer exists as it did in … [Read more...]
282. Connecticut Cellar Savers Fire Museum
”Oh Fireman, There’s Somethin’ Smoking Hot On the Beach!” Portland (Google Maps location) November 29, 2014 I’m the rare writer who starts pages with an aside. I'm pretty sure that makes me a bad writer, but don’t tell anyone. Anyway, if you live in Connecticut and have kids, you may be familiar with the Out and … [Read more...]
River Valley Junction
Every Witch Way But Caboose Essex (Google Maps Location) October 11, 2007 [2014 Update: I've changed the name of this place in the title because it seems as though the Essex Steam Train folks have settled on this name. There's a new - in 2008 - art gallery in the building that wasn't there during our 2007 … [Read more...]
235. Brunn Barn Museum
Don’t Eat the Brown Acid… Or Anything Else Brown Woodstock (Google Maps location) September 3, 2012 Here is my page on the Woodstock Fair itself Some readers are probably aware of my dislike for these town fairs. I can report that my dislike has morphed into more curiosity than anything. Like, why do people … [Read more...]
193. Berlin Agricultural Lions Museum
This is What A-Tractored Her To Me! Berlin (Google Maps location) October 3, 2010 *This museum is open only at the Berlin Fair As many of you know, I’m not from these parts. In addition to not having grown up with these agricultural fairs (and frankly not really understanding the appeal), it has taken me many … [Read more...]
Hilltop Farm
To Top off Vacation Week Hilltop Farm, Suffield September 6, 2010 Arrgh! This is (yet another) one of the pages on this website that make me crazy when it comes to placement. It’s not a museum, but it’s so much more than a farm and has such an interesting history – and future potential – that its borderline. … [Read more...]
218. Woodruff Farm Barn Museum
Lots of Wood. Ruff, Ruff Wood Guilford (Google Maps location) September 18, 2011 “How do you possibly find time to go to all these museums?” people often ask. I submit the Woodruff Farm Barn Museum as evidence as to why it’s really not all that hard to do. Total time spent in the museum: 3 minutes. Total … [Read more...]
173. The Golden Age of Trucking Museum (RIP)
The Golden Age… Those Were the Days… Middlebury July 10, 2010 Closed July 2010 This is a terrible writing assignment. What should be a fun museum report is now a eulogy. Worse, I knew I’d be faced with this situation even before I visited the Golden Age of Trucking Museum – and I couldn’t do anything about … [Read more...]
Transportation
Planes, trains, trolleys, cars, trucks, helicopters, ferries and carousels - they're all here. Some of this stuff is essentially museum-quality, but happens to be mobile and outdoors. The museums dedicated to all this stuff can be found via other means and pages. Plus doofy CT vanity plates and ET Progressive … [Read more...]