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The Longmeadow Baby Jog

December 9, 2009 by Steve 9 Comments

I Like How They Have a Border Fence Suffield/Enfield, CT/Longmeadow, MA border November 30, 2009 I made up the name of this border anomaly, but I figure I have the right to do so, since no one has bothered to do it before. And keeping with the tradition of the Southwick Jog, a much more infamous border dispute … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Geography Tagged With: Enfield, geo-oddities, Massachusetts, Suffield

Sports, Thrills, Cruises, Trains, Fairs, Parades, & Events

December 8, 2009 by Steve Leave a Comment

Sports, Theme & Adventure Parks, Carousels, Cruises, Trains, Trolleys, Fairs, Parades, Festivals, & Events This page is another catch-all; a listing of a bunch stuff around Connecticut that doesn’t really fit anywhere else. It’s the rare list that I don’t realistically think I’ll actually complete for differing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Sports, Thrills, Tours, & Events Tagged With: baseball, Carousels, college football tour, cruises, Fairs and Festivals, football, hockey, Model Trains, motorsports, professional sports, resorts, skiing & snowboarding, Trains and Trolleys, wacky sports & games

Firsts, Onlies, Oldests, Largests, Longests, Mosts, Smallests, & Bests

December 6, 2009 by Steve Leave a Comment

Connecticut's Superlatives Connecticut has an amazing array of superlatives (firsts, oldests, tallests, largest, longests, onlies, and smallests) to its credit. You'll find these all over the site in the museum reports and elsewhere. Capturing them all on this page is an impossible task, so bear with me. Some … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Superlatives Tagged With: "See Before you die" list, Dubious Claims, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Largests Longests Mosts Smallests and Tallests

Houses, Communities, Urban Legends, Lighthouses, Libraries, Schools, Businesses, & Theaters

December 6, 2009 by Steve 1 Comment

Houses, Ruins, Communities, Urban Legends, Lighthouses, Libraries, Post Offices, Schools, Companies, Businesses, Hotels, B&B's, Theaters, and Hauntings Hoo boy, this is a tough category to nail down. There’s just so much crossover with museums and superlatives and National Historic Landmarks and restaurants and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses Tagged With: Abandoned and/or Unique Communities, Ghosties, Giant Goofy Things, Libraries, Lighthouses, Other Companies and Businesses, Private Residences, theaters, urban legends

Kent Falls

December 6, 2009 by Steve 6 Comments

These Falls are Super, Man Connecticut's Largest Waterfall, Sort of Kent Falls State Park, Kent 2019 Update: I will be revisiting Kent Falls State Park and taking better pictures in a larger format. The below from 2009 is cringey at the moment. For some reason, I've always hated the name Kent for a town. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Geography, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites, Superlatives Tagged With: Kent, kent falls state park, Largests Longests Mosts Smallests and Tallests, Waterfalls

Art Trail Viewpoint: Kent Falls

December 5, 2009 by Steve Leave a Comment

Kent Falls Viewpoint CT Art Trail Viewpoint Kent Falls State Park, Kent, November 2009 Here's the weird thing about this Connecticut Art Viewpoint Trail, side project of the Connecticut Art Trail: The chosen sites, while beautiful, don't all apparently directly translate to actual impressionist paintings from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cultural, Heritage, & Historic Trails, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Art, Art Trail Viewpoints, Connecticut Art Trail, Kent, kent falls state park, Waterfalls

West Cornwall Covered Bridge

December 5, 2009 by Steve 1 Comment

Nothing Corny About These Walls (and Roof) West Cornwall Bridge, Cornwall/Sharon November 2009 2019 Update: I'll revisit the bridge and therefore this page again in the future. It needs help. As a family, we've gotten used to going on "adventures" just about every weekend. We've found that it's very … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries Tagged With: Cool Bridges, Cornwall, Covered Bridges, Damian, Hoang, Sharon

Frog Rock (Cornwall)

December 4, 2009 by Steve 7 Comments

The Other Frog Rock Frog Rock, Cornwall November 29, 2009 Eh. Since I started writing about other roadside painted rock animals, I guess I have to continue. Though, I must admit, some of the stories behind some of the rocks are pretty cool. Notably, the much cooler Frog Rock in Eastford a page which gets an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else Tagged With: Animals, Art, Cornwall, Painted Rocks

The Oldest Operating Union Station in the US

December 3, 2009 by Steve 13 Comments

All Aboard from Canaan to Sodom! The Oldest Operating Union Station in the US 2019 Update: This building is open and occupied by a brewery and a museum and other stuff! I've also read the claim that this is also the "oldest surviving Victorian train station in the US, but it burnt down so that's ridiculous to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Superlatives Tagged With: Dubious Claims, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, North Canaan, Trains and Trolleys

Bissell’s Ferry

December 2, 2009 by Steve 27 Comments

Bissell’s Really Cleans Up My Ferry List Bissell's Ferry Site, Windsor/South Windsor "Site of the Oldest Ferry in the US" Most Nutmeggers know about the oldest continuously operating ferry in the US that connects Rocky Hill and Glastonbury. About half of them probably know about the other old ferry – the second … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Superlatives, Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries Tagged With: Ferries, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, South Windsor, Windsor

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