Just Wait a Cotton Pickin' Minute... Cargill Falls, Putnam May 2014 & February 2017 Cargill Falls is probably the thing in Putnam that most people associate with Putnam. Either the falls or the growing and cool little art community. The falls are more or less in the center of town, they are pretty, and they are … [Read more...]
East Windsor Hill Post Office
Is This Possibly True? Oldest Active Post Office in US South Windsor Something that is definitely true: I often do "hidden giveaways" towards the end of CTMQ posts. The thrill I get from knowing people read things I write is bigger for me than the thrill of winning is for them. The last one I did was for … [Read more...]
Russian-Ukrainian Evangelical Baptist Union
Russian-Ukrainian Evangelical Baptist Union Ashford This is one of those posts that very few will read and many more will question why it even exists. I’m in the the “many more” group. I think we can all agree that I can’t chase down every superlative and “first” and “only” in Connecticut. Hypothetically, the … [Read more...]
Hilliard Mills
Hilliard Mills America's Oldest Wool Mill Manchester As with every "oldest" and "first" claim, I approached this page skeptically. However, after poking around the Internet for approximately 18 seconds, I'm calling it: This superlative is legitimate. Hilliard Mills in Manchester, near the confluence of … [Read more...]
225. PEZ Visitor Center
Orange: PEZ Orange (Google Maps location) February 18, 2012 Everyone knows that the World Wide Leader of Sports, ESPN, is located in Bristol, Connecticut. Many people know that GE is headquartered here as well. Um, New Haven has the best pizza in the world, but doesn’t exactly distribute its product. The … [Read more...]
Smith-Worthington Saddlery
Giddy Up! Smith-Worthington Saddlery, Hartford As far as America goes, Connecticut is pretty old. This has its plusses (history out the wazoo!) and its minuses (industry has flown the coop). However, here and there around the state, some old businesses still exist. Still doing what they’ve always done - … [Read more...]
Pizza at Sally’s Apizza
The Best Pizza on Earth Sally’s Apizza, New Haven June 2015 Disclaimer: I love Sally’s. I love them more than I love Pepe’s and Modern and every other pretender to the exalted throne that lords over the Connecticut pizza kingdom. Unapologetically. (And you thought that disclaimer was going to be one … [Read more...]
Albert E. Moss Sanctuary
Frankly, I Expected More Moss Albert E. Moss Sanctuary, Mansfield May 30, 2014 I had some time and I had a map. I needed no other reasons to get in my first official Mansfield Town Trail - oh, other than the fact that I was literally one minute away from the trailhead I guess. UConn/Storrs has changed so … [Read more...]
Easternmost Point in Connecticut
The Beast of the East Angle Bound q, Sterling August 4, 2012 [This directional extreme was visited in Dagobah-like humidity during the Connecticut Extreme Geo-Tour 2012 with the most excellent Tom from Twelve-Mile Circle and the equally excellent Scott from The Scenic Drive. The were the extremely generous winning … [Read more...]
World’s Most Powerful Tandem Van de Graaff Accelerator (RIP)
Once You Go Dark Matter, You Never Go Latter Wright Lab, New Haven The last public visits to this thing have come and gone. Yale is dismantling the accelerator, as its usefulness has run its course. Oh well, you missed out. My final stop during the special inauguration day of Yale's 23rd president took me to … [Read more...]
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