Barnes & Noblesse Southington (Google Maps Location) December 28, 2006 Note the date above. This was written back when this site was mere months old. So I apologize in advance. So check this out: Back in the day, some guy named Amos Bradley married some lady named Sylvia Barnes. They had a house built in … [Read more...]
Luddy/Taylor CT Valley Tobacco Museum
Tobacco Rowed Windsor (Google Maps Location) April 7, 2007 2018 Update: Oof. I cringe at these super old pages... anyway, this page used to combine the tobacco museum, now named the Connecticut Valley Tobacco Museum, and the Northwest Park Nature Center. I've separated the two which makes for a somewhat clunky … [Read more...]
Comstock Covered Bridge
We've Got This Bridge Covered Comstock Bridge, East Hampton/Colchester April 1, 2007 2018: It has been a long, long time since I've revisited this page. Or the bridge. So my pictures are too small. But... you'll survive. Connecticut has three remaining historic covered bridges and I've already been to the two … [Read more...]
Chatham Historical Society Museum & School House
Ringing in the Museum Season East Hampton (Google Maps Location) April 1, 2007 With winter finally behind us and some other business tended to, it certainly was time to get "out there" and start seeing our fine state again. As it was a Sunday and sunny, I had decided that our little family should go somewhere … [Read more...]
The Edward E. King Museum (Gone)
Flying High with the Tobacco King of East Hartford East Hartford (Google Maps Location) December 13, 2006 2015-19 Updates: The library closed for a huge renovation in 2014. As part of that renovation, this awesome little museum won't really be a museum anymore. The artifacts are now displayed around the library … [Read more...]
Butler-McCook House and Garden
The Butler Did it - Or Maybe it was the McCook... Hartford (Google Maps Location) December 7, 2006 Note: The Scott mentioned below has become a friend. He was only doing his job. The Butler Did It. Or maybe the McCook. Or... Or perhaps uninsured 21-year-old Kia Sportage driver Wilfredo Sanchez. Yup, it … [Read more...]
Witch’s Dungeon Classic Movie Museum
Putting the "Horror" in "Horrorible" Bristol (Google Maps Location) October 29, 2006 Since my visit, the museum moved to the beautiful Bristol Historical Society building in 2014, and then moved again to a building in Plainville in 2021. This makes everything below moot, but it's still entertaining. Wow. … [Read more...]
Connecticut River Museum
Something's Fishy in Essex Essex (Google Maps Location) October & December 2006, with some February 2020 too It sure didn't take long for me to rope my wife Hoang into joining me to visit a museum! We hadn't really planned on going to the River Museum, due to some scheduling conflicts and a nor’easter - we … [Read more...]
New Britain Industrial Museum
Not Just Boring Machines New Britain (Google Maps Location) October 6, 2006 There’s a lot going on here. First and foremost, my good friend and partner in crime who appears in some pictures below and even contributed a few paragraphs, passed away in May 2016. Ed was largely responsible for the creation of CTMQ. … [Read more...]
Why State Highpointing?
"Why?" "What the heck?" "What's the purpose of that?" "I don't get it." These are but a few of the comments I've heard since I became aware of highpointing and decided it was a goal I'd like to pursue. And that was just from my (at the time of this writing) fiancee, the … [Read more...]