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The Colebrook Store (Closed)

January 24, 2025 by Steve Leave a Comment

Colesing the Brook The Colebrook Store, Colebrook July 2024 The store closed at the end of 2024... but has closed and re-opened a few times this century. Keep me updated. Not familiar with Colebrook, Connecticut? Let me introduce you to the town's bustling center: You've got your historical society museum … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, New Post Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, Colebrook, Other Companies and Businesses

Simsbury Free Library

January 22, 2025 by Steve Leave a Comment

Eno's Traffic Simsbury Free Library, Simsbury November 2024 Connecticut museum visit #540. Funny story: I visited this library within a week or two of visiting another unique library in New Haven. There was no question in my brain that that library can be called a museum. But this one in Simsbury? I waffled. I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, Museums, New Post Tagged With: Free Museums, Libraries, Not Really a Museum Museum, Simsbury, Tiny Museums

Meadowood

January 16, 2025 by Steve Leave a Comment

I, Too, Have a Dream... But No Answers Meadowood, Simsbury November 2024 I try, with varied success, to be fairly politically neutral on this site. And I will continue to try on this page about some old tobacco barns in a farmed field in northern Simsbury as well. Mostly because I honestly don't know where I'd … [Read more...]

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Cobalt Post Office

December 18, 2024 by Steve Leave a Comment

Mining the Depths for This Website Cobalt Post Office, East Hampton Pro-tip: If a town is linked on CTMQ, it's a real town. If it's not, it's not. I used to get all fired up when people would say certain non-towns were towns in Connecticut. I'm mostly over that now with a few exceptions: I'm looking at you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, New Post Tagged With: East Hampton, post offices

Saville Dam, Barkhamsted Center & Hollow

November 27, 2024 by Steve 5 Comments

Damn! No, really... Damn! Saville Dam & Barkhamsted Center, Barkhamsted September 2024 The Saville Dam is surely a top 10 Connecticut beauty spot. If it didn't require a walk in order to get the perfect shot, I'm sure it would be top 3. As it is, you still have to wait in line on weekend days in October in order … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, New Post, Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries Tagged With: Abandoned and/or Unique Communities, Barkhamsted, barkhamsted historical society, Canals and Dams, Industrial History, Rarely Open

Pleasant Valley Drive-In (Closed)

October 14, 2024 by Steve Leave a Comment

Pleasant Valley Drive Right On By Pleasant Valley Drive-In, Barkhamsted October 2024 The drive-in closed in 2022. I listed Connecticut's few drive-ins years ago. This was the one that most interested me simply because it's nowhere near any sort of population center. It's in Pleasant Valley. Where's Pleasant … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, New Post Tagged With: Barkhamsted, Closed/Gone/Former, theaters

Pleasant Valley Post Office

October 14, 2024 by Steve Leave a Comment

So Pleasant (Valley) Pleasant Valley Post Office, Barkhamsted Of all the place names in Connecticut, Pleasant Valley may be one of my favorites. It's just so... so accurate. The southern section of Barkhamsted along the Farmington River is not only a valley, it is very pleasant. It's sylvan and quaint. A large … [Read more...]

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Bobriwka (Private)

August 19, 2024 by Steve Leave a Comment

No Soup For Me Bobriwka, Colebrook Bobriwka is private and likes it that way. My efforts to visit for the good of this site were brusquely rebuffed. I respect that. Still, I think this place is still so interesting that I feel compelled to create a page about it. All three pictures below are from their … [Read more...]

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Whitlock’s Book Barn

June 5, 2024 by Steve 1 Comment

[Some Whitty Title Pun] Whitlock's Book Barn, Bethany May 2024 I learned something years ago while traveling the backroads of Connecticut, often with one or two children: do not bring them to large used bookstores. I need my time. I can't be rushed or distracted. I don't just need to peruse, I need to … [Read more...]

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“The Bones From the Well”

April 4, 2024 by Steve Leave a Comment

Well, Well, Well... The First Scientifically Described Dinosaur Bones found in North America, East Windsor December 2023 In 2014, I visited The Academy Museum in East Windsor. It's a slightly better than average town history museum with all the usual stuff, but tucked away in a corner I was startled to find a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, New Post, Superlatives Tagged With: Dinosaurs, East Windsor, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Libraries

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