Life of Brian Brian Dennehy Bridge, Derby January 2026 There's nothing quite like the feeling of going to a place to take a few pictures for the purposes of this website and stumbling upon something else that deserves its own page here on CTMQ. I live for these moments. When I went to snap a few … [Read more...]
The Leslie Knope Promenade
You Schur They Won't Say Knope? The Leslie Knope Promenade, West Hartford I've lived in West Hartford since 2001 or so. It has its pluses and minuses for sure. The quips and insults hurled its way are often more or less true, and no one is a bigger critic of the town's decision-making than me. The powers that be … [Read more...]
Dorence Atwater Monument
Terryville's Dorence Nightengale Dorence Atwater Monument, Plymouth Like most people, I had never heard of Dorence Atwater. In fact, I would have guessed that Dorence was a woman. Like a mixture of Dorothy and Florence... Dorence. Well, Dorence was not a woman. He was Plymouth's Civil War hero and in fact, … [Read more...]
Milo Coe Monument
Say it Ain't Coe Milo Coe Monument, Hartland Certainly not every monument and memorial gets a place on this website. I choose based on those that have extra historic merit, have some superlative attached, or are otherwise unique. The Milo Coe roadside monument, mere yards from the Massachusetts border, along a … [Read more...]
Ted Knight Memorial Bridge
Bridgee Smails Ted Knight Memorial Bridge Canal Street, Plymouth If you're anything like me, you love the fact that Connecticut features the small Ernest Borgnine park in Hamden and the rather utilitarian Ted Knight Bridge in Plymouth. Sure, Katherine Hepburn and Meryl Streep were and are long time … [Read more...]
Pork Hollow
"The British Are Coming... For Our Pork!" Pork Hollow, Ansonia Everyone knows the story of Paul Revere. Sure, his legendary ride was early in the War for Independence, as he rode at midnight to warn the locals and the militia that "The British are Coming" to Lexington and Concord. The midnight ride was dramatized … [Read more...]
National Iwo Jima Memorial
Oorah! National Iwo Jima Memorial, Newington & New Britain We all have "those things" that we live near that we just never check out. Be it a museum or a hike or restaurant or whatever. I think the unconscious thinking is, "I live nearby, so it's easy to get to, so I'll make the effort someday." The National … [Read more...]
The Kensington Soldiers’ Monument
The Berlin Tall The Oldest US Civil War Monument, Berlin Here we are again, at another "oldest in the US" that isn't truly totally verifiable. Although in the case of the Kensington Soldiers' Monument in Berlin, the locals did convince the federal whomevers at the National Register of Historic Places that the claim … [Read more...]
James MacDonald Monument
Old MacDonald Had a Firm... Grasp of Impending Realities James MacDonald Monument, Avon You've all seen it. Many of you have passed it 100's of times. I know I sure have. The strangely placed, impossible to read, tall, black monument on route 44 on the Avon side of "the mountain." "The mountain" being … [Read more...]
Regicide Cellar
No Cell Out Regicide Cellar, Guilford September 2012 Guilford has secrets. Of course, every town has secrets, but Guilford seems to have more than most towns. Granted, Regicide Cellar isn’t exactly a super exciting secret, but since you’re reading this, it must be at least mildly exciting to you. It’s mildly … [Read more...]
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