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CTMQ > Dubious Claims

Book Review: Connecticut 169 Club

August 9, 2020 by Steve 1 Comment

In Da Club Connecticut 169 Club Your Passport & Guide to Exploring Connecticut, Martin Podskoch Please understand that everything below is a singular review, written by me. And by me, I mean the weirdo who has been compiling and writing about the most comprehensive “passport and guide to exploring Connecticut” for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Movies, People, & Stories, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Connecticut Books, Connecticut Travel Guides & Cookbooks, Dubious Claims

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

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

Olympia Diner

December 17, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

Olympian Olympia Diner, Newington October 2019 When I first put together my list of "Classic Diners" on this website, the list consisted only of actual classic diners. For some reason, I've expanded that original idea to include a bunch of decidedly non-classic dinners in the years since. It sort of bothers me, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Classic Diners & True Taverns, Food & Drink, New Post, Superlatives Tagged With: Classic Diners, Dubious Claims, Hartford County, Largests Longests Mosts Smallests and Tallests, Newington, restaurants

World’s Largest Indoor Planetarium Dome

December 10, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

Mohegan Sun(s) Casino of the Sky, Mohegan Sun, Montville Please don’t ask me what separates a “planetarium dome” from a “planetarium.” And please don’t bother Googling this claim to come back and tell me it’s rubbish. It very most likely is rubbish, but Mohegan Sun is especially proud of this claim, which is all … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, New Post, Superlatives Tagged With: "See Before you die" list, Astronomy, casinos, Dubious Claims, Largests Longests Mosts Smallests and Tallests, mohegan sun, Montville, New London County, planetarium

Bedding Plant Capital of Connecticut

November 13, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

Sleep Tight Knowing This Bedding Plant Capital of Connecticut, Cheshire Normally something like this wouldn’t rate a CTMQ page. But over the years, I’ve come to learn that people often confuse Cheshire’s town motto with what it means – and what they think it means. I actually lived in Cheshire for about 10 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, New Post Tagged With: Cheshire, Dubious Claims, New Haven County, Plants, superlatives

NHL: Huntington Homestead

October 8, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

CT National Historic Landmark Huntington Homestead 136 Huntington Road, Scotland (Museum) Since the Huntington house is a museum, and since I have had the pleasure of visiting it, this NHL page will be somewhat truncated. After all, you certainly should want to read about Huntington's whole story and MY story of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, National "Stuff", New Post Tagged With: Dubious Claims, National Historic Landmarks, Scotland, Windham County

440. Huntington Homestead Museum

October 2, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

Hunting in Scotland Scotland (Google Maps location) June 8, 2019 You’ll likely find this ridiculous - and you should - but I’ve always had this weirdly romanticized vision of what Scotland, Connecticut is like. This vision is formed, obviously, by its namesake country. It’s not exactly easy to get to for most of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Museums, National "Stuff", New Post Tagged With: Dubious Claims, Free Museums, historic house museums, Historic Houses, Military History, National Historic Landmarks, Scotland, Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail, Windham County

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