Where Weather is the Arch Enemy Portland's Brownstone Arch May 18, 2011 Way back in 2011, I did a full CTMQ Day down the Connecticut River Valley. From Middletown to Old Saybrook, I hit several museums and other “stuff” for this website. Now, five years later, I’m going through those pictures and seeing some … [Read more...]
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Enders Island
This Is It: The Enders Enders Island, Mystic May 16, 2015 Every once in a while I'm tasked with writing a page that I find difficult to write for reasons that may surprise you. In this case, it's because Enders Island is a confusing, strange, stunningly beautiful, relatively unknown, mixed bag of a place - with a … [Read more...]
The Little Stone House
Everybody Must Get Stoned Little Stone House, Storrs May 30, 2014 I would typically caveat my title with something like, “Don’t do drugs,” and, “It should be ‘Every State Must Get Stoned’,” but in this case, I won’t do that. Why? Because this awesome little building is within sight of the East Campus residence … [Read more...]
Giant Tree Grave
I'm Stumped on this One Giant Tree Grave Yantic Cemetery, Norwich Long time readers know that I’m not a cemetery guy. I’ve limited my pages about them as A) I don’t find them super compelling, B) It just opens up a whole world of stuff I’m not prepared to deal with on CTMQ and C) there are plenty of other blogs … [Read more...]
Oldest Roadside Memorial in US
Steamwhealing Over Facts Oldest Roadside Memorial in US*, Ellington March 29, 2013 *Well one of them anyway. And I think I can say this is the oldest in Connecticut, but that doesn’t have the panache. “Ellington is home to one of America’s oldest roadside memorials.” This is from the impeccable source called … [Read more...]
Site of Stephen A. Douglas Speech
A Slightly Less Annoying Stephen A. Site of Stephen A. Douglas Campaign Speech Main and Pearl, northwest corner, Hartford Here on CTMQ, I only feature the more random and esoteric plaques and stuff around the state. (Otherwise, I’d go insane – and besides, other existing resources catalog this stuff really well.) … [Read more...]
NHL: Fort Shantok Archaeological District
CT National Historic Landmark Fort Shantok Archaeological District Massapeag Side Road, Montville I must ask up front... Should this be also categorized as an outdoor museum? A few years ago when I was working on my giant museum list, I apparently thought so. Then I (finally) found the place, spent some time here … [Read more...]
Henry Obookiah’s Cenotaph
Aloha! Aloha. Henry (Opukaha'ia) Obookiah’s Cenotaph, Cornwall February 25, 2012 This page also serves as a book review of Sarah Vowell's "Unfamiliar Fishes." [Cenotaph: a sepulchral monument erected in memory of a deceased person whose body is buried elsewhere.] Six years into this whole CTMQ thing, I still … [Read more...]
Confucius Statue
Confucing Confucius Statue, Hartford Thomas Hooker. Marquis De La LaFayette. Adriaen Block. Confucius. Important historical Connecticut figures all. I kid, I kid... So why in the world is there a rather nice, rather large statue of Confucius, a guy erroneously known for fortune-cookie-isms who lived 2500 … [Read more...]
P.T. Barnum Statue (Bethel)
Showoff PT Barnum Statue, Bethel This is one of those pages where I could write 10,000 words, link to 50 other sites, or just quickly type whatever comes to my head while providing some context. I'll opt for the latter - with some pertinent links at the bottom. P.T. Barnum, as everyone knows, was a master … [Read more...]
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