The Fungus Amongus William D. Bertini Park, Wallingford September 2022 The best thing about Bertini Park is that it connects to the sprawling Tyler Mill Preserve. The second best thing is its well-maintained and large parking lot. Now, you may be thinking, "aw, gee, Steve, the hiking here must be … [Read more...]
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Southington Historical Center
Typical Nuts and Bolts Town History Museum Southington, (Google Maps location) March 24, 2018 Southington is a nice town. Nothing wrong with it at all. It has a nice mix of development and forests and fields. It's famous for its apple orchards. Quick access to interstates. An excellent historical society. But for … [Read more...]
GLT: Katan-Ensor & Old Messenger Road Preserves
Beauty! History! Granby! Katan-Ensor & Old Messenger Road Preserves, Granby September 2022 I can't pretend to know how active every land trust in Connecticut is. I'm sure there are several protecting new parcels, clearing and blazing new trails as I write. But I swear, the "competition" between the Granby Land … [Read more...]
The Singing Bridge
"Tra LAAA Blah" The Singing Bridge Westbrook A Singing Bridge" is usually any bridge with a steel grid deck. These used to be fairly prevalent, but most have been paved over for health and safety reasons. Surely many of you remember the old Sikorsky Bridge on Route 15 across the Housatonic River down in … [Read more...]
Stony Creek Brewery (Closed)
From Heron Out... Stony Creek Brewery, Branford October 2015 & August 2022 At the end of 2024, Stony Creek stopped brewing and became a bar. Rumors of lawsuits and creditors calling led to rumors of purchase... which happened in July 2025. This nice building and site is now home to New England Brewing. Stony … [Read more...]
Spring Park
Boing-Boing! Spring Park, Windsor Locks September 2022 There I was, smugly proud of myself for "completing" the town of Windsor Locks. All museums and places of interest and trails done and written up. After telling the world, I was almost immediately reminded why I try to always put "completed" in quotation … [Read more...]
Weir Farm National Historical Park
First Impressions Are Everything Wilton & Ridgefield (Google Maps location) May 25, 2017 Weir Farm is a lot of things beyond being "just" a museum. It was Connecticut's only National Park(ish) for years and years until Coltsville in Hartford got its NHP designation more recently - but that still has a long way to … [Read more...]
Ethel Walker Woods and Town Forest
We Can All Be Ethel Walkers Ethel Walker Woods and Town Forest, Simsbury September 2022 This is a weird one for me. I took the boys here several years ago and only have vague recollections of what happened. We didn't get too far, but I don't know if that was because of Damian, Calvin, me, or a combination thereof. … [Read more...]
East Haddam Swing Bridge
Swing Out Sister East Haddam Swing Bridge Haddam & East Haddam The good pictures on this page were stolen from Frank DiNardi's Instagram account. I don't know him. His photography is excellent. I imagine that having to use the East Haddam Swing Bridge on a regular basis could be frustrating. Although I don't … [Read more...]
Windsor Locks: Complete!
Windsor Locks: Complete! Bobby V's Here is the CTMQ Guide to Windsor Locks with my list and stories about everything I’ve done there! After a decade of writing CTMQ, I decided to try to “complete” towns. In that decade of traveling and writing, I had already done a lot of stuff in many of our towns already. … [Read more...]
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