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Pitkin Street Tunnel

February 10, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

New Haven Underground Pitkin Street Tunnel, New Haven January 2021 You may not think of Connecticut as state with tunnels that matter, but it kind of is. The tunnel through West Rock, called Heroes Tunnel, is the only highway/road tunnel through a land feature in New England. Surprising, right? Connecticut is also … [Read more...]

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

Kriz Farm Horseshoe Pile

February 2, 2021 by Steve 1 Comment

Krizt! Kriz Farm Horseshoe Pile, Bethany January 2021 Once in a blue moon a reader alerts me to something in Connecticut about which I was wholly unaware. After writing everything on this website for so many years, that's not bragging... it's just a fact. And really, would that even be something to brag … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, New Post, Superlatives Tagged With: Bethany, Calvin, Dubious Claims, Farms, Largests Longests Mosts Smallests and Tallests, New Haven County

New Haven Holocaust Memorial

January 16, 2021 by Steve 1 Comment

First, Oldest, Most Sobering New Haven Holocaust Memorial This isn't a typical CTMQ page in that a) it contains no puns or satirical quips, b) I didn't write most of it, and c) the photography is phenomenal. Okay, c) above is not true and it could be categorized as a satirical quip. I guess I simply can't … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, New Post, Religion, Remembrances, & Outdoor Art, Superlatives Tagged With: Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Jewish, New Haven, New Haven County, Statuary

First Copper Mine & Federal/State Prison in US

October 27, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Old Newgate Prison & Copper Mine East Granby If you're reading this sentence and are at all interested in Old Newgate Prison and Copper Mine, you should just go to the page I wrote about our visit to it. Because what you're reading now is a very truncated version of that. First Copper Mine in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Superlatives Tagged With: East Granby, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Hartford County

The Hartford Gun Club

October 4, 2020 by Steve 2 Comments

Bangin' The Hartford Gun Club Oldest Gun Club in America, East Granby & Windsor There are very few pages out of the (literally!) thousands here on CTMQ where I don't actually do the thing I'm writing about. This is one of those rare pages and I'm not even a little bit sore about it. Okay, maybe I am a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, New Post, Superlatives Tagged With: East Granby, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Hartford County, Other Companies and Businesses, Windsor

SCELBI Computer Virtual Museum

August 4, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

SCELBI Date Milford August 1, 2020 The COVID-19 Pandemic is a strange time. I'm writing this in early August, now five months into this nightmare... thinking about the year that should have been. And how much we simply couldn't do. Sigh. Way, way, way down the list of "stuff I didn't do" is, of course, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Museums, New Post, Superlatives Tagged With: Dubious Claims, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Milford, New Haven County, Not Really a Museum Museum, virtual museum

263. Military Museum of Southern New England (RIP)

July 13, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Awww, Shoot! Danbury (RIP) May 24, 2014 Almost exactly one year before my family visited the Military Museum of Southern New England in Danbury, its founder was shot and killed by police at his Ridgefield home. About a year after our visit, the museum's name was changed to The U.S. Military Museum. And three … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Museums, New Post, Superlatives Tagged With: Calvin, Closed/Gone/Former, Damian, Danbury, Fairfield County, Hoang, Largests Longests Mosts Smallests and Tallests, Military History

Auer Farm Mushroom Barn

May 18, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Only Remaining Hollow Tile Mushroom Barn in... Auer Farm Mushroom Barn, Bloomfield All Things Auer Farm I know you historic mushroom barn fans wouldn’t let me get away with not including this on CTMQ. I’m happy to not have let you down. There’s a lot going on with this humble little building everyone sees on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, New Post, Superlatives Tagged With: auer farm, Bloomfield, Dubious Claims, Farms, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Hartford County

266. Tourtellotte Memorial Room Museum

March 9, 2020 by Steve 1 Comment

Nice $&^$! Museum... #$&$! Thompson (Google Maps location) May 28, 2014 I apologize for my crude title, but it's just very hard for me to say "Tourtellote" without thinking of Tourettes Syndrome. As a parent of a special needs child with very different, but similarly debilitating behaviors, I'm not making fun of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post, Superlatives Tagged With: Appointment Only, Dubious Claims, Free Museums, Largests Longests Mosts Smallests and Tallests, Thompson, Windham County

Oil City Dam

March 5, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Snake Oil Oil City at Rainbow Reservoir, Windsor There is a lot going on at Northwest Park in Windsor. Today, you can find all sorts of stuff from a little nature museum to a tobacco history museum to a dozen miles of trails and more. And stuff has been happening here for a long time. I don’t typically … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, New Post, Superlatives, Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries Tagged With: Canals and Dams, Dubious Claims, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Hartford County, Northwest Park, Windsor

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