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Golden Hill Paugussett Reservation

July 31, 2013 by Steve 10 Comments

Chief Concerns Golden Hill Paugussett Indian Reservation Trumbull (and Colchester) One quick thing off the bat here, before this page BLOWS YOUR MIND: There is a LOT to the story of this tribe; way more than I'll get to, so follow some of the links. (I used to have a link to the tribe's on site here, but it's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Geography, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, Superlatives Tagged With: Abandoned and/or Unique Communities, Geographic Extremes, Largests Longests Mosts Smallests and Tallests, Trumbull

Beatrice Fox Auerbach House

January 19, 2013 by Steve

Foxy Lady Beatrice Fox Auerbach House, Hartford September 13, 2012 All Things Auer Farm My page about City Steam Brewery, which is in a beautiful part of the old G. Fox Department store Many people write blogs as a means of getting free crap. Mommy bloggers (apparently) love free yogurt and laundry … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses Tagged With: famous people houses, Hartford

Stew Leonard’s

April 4, 2012 by Steve 3 Comments

"The World's Largest Dairy Store," Stew Leonard's Stew Leonard's Dairy Store, Newington March 2012 I realize I will sound like a crank for the next five minutes of your lives, but I don't care. It's true I don't enjoy grocery shopping, but I really don't hate it either. It's just something I have to do every few … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, Superlatives Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, Danbury, Hoang, Largests Longests Mosts Smallests and Tallests, Newington, Norwalk, Other Companies and Businesses

Mystic Seaport Lighthouse

January 25, 2012 by Steve Leave a Comment

Mystic Seaport Lighthouse Stonington Our visit to Mystic Seaport is here. As with most of these lighthouse pages within this particular section of the website, I’m simply going to cut and paste information from Lighthouse Friends and only add to it if I have something to add. In this case, I’m only adding the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses Tagged With: Lighthouses, Mystic, Mystic Seaport, Stonington

Stonington Harbor Lighthouse

January 25, 2012 by Steve Leave a Comment

Stonington Harbor Lighthouse 30 feet high, at sea level, Stonington September 3, 2010 *As with many of the lighthouse pages, I'm going to cut and paste information from Lighthouse Friends , below my own accounting. This lighthouse is open with your Old Lighthouse Museum admission and requires no water passage … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses Tagged With: Damian, Hoang, Lighthouses, Observation Towers, Stonington

White Cloud

January 14, 2012 by Steve 1 Comment

Oh It's Not So Bad White Cloud Salisbury This house was featured in, I believe, Connecticut Curiosities several years ago and was deemed "an out of place Star Wars House." The authors (one of whom I know) were probably just parroting what someone from Salisbury told them, as I'm sure that town can be pretty … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses Tagged With: Cool Architecture, Modern Architecture, Private Residences, Salisbury

Gaylordsville Spite House

November 16, 2011 by Steve 13 Comments

Having Your Cake (House) and Saying Eat It Too Gaylordsville Section of New Milford November 12, 2011 2018 Update: See comments below - October 2018 I just was given a tour of the house that is being renovated by a local mason worker who now owns it. What a fabulous house, He installed high end new windows and I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses Tagged With: Dubious Claims, folk architecture, New Milford, Private Residences, Spite Houses

Whale Tail Sculpture Fountain

October 1, 2011 by Steve 3 Comments

Whale Tail Sculpture Fountain New London I like public art. I love good public art. So here and there on CTMQ I’ve highlighted some of the more interesting or significant public art around the state. I probably wouldn’t have written a page about this one if not for what happened immediately after we checked it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses Tagged With: Damian, New London, Public/Outdoor Art

First Black US Representative’s House

June 22, 2011 by Steve Leave a Comment

First Black US Representative’s House Joseph Rainey House 299 Palisado Avenue, Windsor This handsome house is located on historic Palisado Avenue, home to several historic house museums... But not this one. So here’s the deal here. This guy, Joseph Rainey, was an amazing and impressive guy. His tenure and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, Superlatives Tagged With: CT Freedom Trail, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Windsor

Churaevka (Russian Village)

May 11, 2011 by Steve 10 Comments

Ahhh-Churaevka! Gesundheit! Russian Village, Southbury April 2, 2011 I should be used to this by now. Finding out about something mildly interesting in Connecticut, going there, and learning it’s ten times cooler than I’d ever thought it would be. In the case of Churaevka, once I read up on the place after … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses Tagged With: Abandoned and/or Unique Communities, Damian, Russian, Southbury

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