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CTMQ > Articles by: Steve

Concept of Freedom Trail Intro

June 13, 2011 by Steve 2 Comments

FREEDOM! Connecticut Concept of Freedom Trail I know what you’re thinking; you’re thinking, “Concept of Freedom what?” Hey, I didn’t make up the name and I struggle with it too. But don’t let that cloud your thinking – this is a really cool and very important historical trail here in Connecticut. The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cultural, Heritage, & Historic Trails Tagged With: Concept of Freedom Trail, CT Freedom Trail

Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum Garden

June 12, 2011 by Steve Leave a Comment

Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum Garden Wethersfield May 25, 2003 Of the 14 gardens that make up Connecticut’s Historic Gardens, this one is my favorite. And it’s easy for you to see why from the pictures here. (The pictures look funky because they were HUGE 2003-style files from our photographer which I had to shrink … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else Tagged With: Gardens, Historic Gardens, Historic Houses, Hoang, Plants, Wethersfield

Thankful Arnold House Garden

June 11, 2011 by Steve Leave a Comment

Thankful Arnold House Garden Wilhelmina Ann Arnold Barnhart Memorial Garden, Haddam June 14, 2008 I visited this historic garden before the Historic Garden initiative began. As a result, I didn’t exactly spend too much time in the gardens, even though a lovely woman was tending to them during my visit to the house … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else Tagged With: Gardens, Haddam, Historic Gardens, Plants

CT-MA-RI Tri-Point

June 7, 2011 by Steve 18 Comments

This Borders on Being Triply Awesome CT-MA-RI Tri-point, Thompson June 3, 2011 I revisited this tri-point with my sons in 2016. Very different report and better pictures! On the hike out to the CT-MA-NY tri-point, the trail hits the highest point in Connecticut (CTMQ Visit here). On the way out to the CT-NY-RI … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Geography Tagged With: air line state park, CT-MA-RI Tri-Point, Geographic Extremes, Massachusetts, Monuments and Plaques, Rhode Island, Thompson, Tri-point

Site of The Great East Thompson Train Wreck

June 7, 2011 by Steve 8 Comments

Wreck it Out! E Thompson and New Roads, Thompson June 3, 2011 I recently posted a poll on the CTMQ Facebook page (which, if you’re reading this, you really, really should be a fan of here by “liking” it) asking people what they liked most about CTMQ. After a day, only ONE person chose “the completely random … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Classic, Everything Else, Religion, Cemeteries, Monuments, Statuary, Greens, & Outdoor Sculpture & Art, Superlatives Tagged With: air line state park, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Largests Longests Mosts Smallests and Tallests, national recreation trail, Thompson, Trains and Trolleys

165. Stamford History Center

June 7, 2011 by Steve 1 Comment

Stamf and Deliver Stamford (Google Maps location) May 8, 2010 When you undertake a project of the magnitude of CTMQ, it becomes somewhat impossible to devote the energy and vim to every. Single. Museum. Some museums suffer on these pages as a result of this natural order of things. Such is the case of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Stamford, stamford historical society, Town History

Lake Chargoggagogg…maugg

June 5, 2011 by Steve 9 Comments

Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg Thompson, CT & Webster, MA June 3, 2011 Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaug is one of the longest words in the English language (that's a stretch) and certainly one of the longest place name in the world. Lake … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Geography, Superlatives Tagged With: Massachusetts, Thompson

Collins Creamery

June 5, 2011 by Steve 2 Comments

Dreamery Creamery Collins Creamery, Enfield September 2010 Collins Creamery deserves a revisit and rewrite someday. Of all the ice cream places on the "official" "Eat Before It's Too Late List" that we've eaten, as well as my list of "other" great ice creams, I think I've received the second most nudges to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails Tagged With: CT Homemade Ice Cream Trail, Damian, Enfield, Hoang

Ice Cream at Buttonwood Farm

June 5, 2011 by Steve 1 Comment

We've Buttoned Up the Ice Cream List Buttonwood Farm, Griswold August 2010 When is eating delicious ice cream a sad affair? When it's the last of the 7 Roadfood "Eat Before It's Too Late" ice cream joints on the list I'm completing. I think Hoang shed a tear. A butterfat tear. Of course, Hoang convinced me … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails Tagged With: CT Homemade Ice Cream Trail, Damian, Farms, Griswold, Hoang, Roadfood's Eat Before You Die

209. Lyme Art Association

June 5, 2011 by Steve Leave a Comment

I’ve Got Lyme Art Association Disease Old Lyme (Google Maps location) May 18, 2011 It’s unfortunate that the Lymes of Connecticut (Old Lyme, Lyme and East Lyme are real towns, Hadlyme is not and is actually not even part of one of them. And while I’m stuck in this parenthetical, I might as well mention that Lyme … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Art, Free Museums, Old Lyme

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