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CTMQ > Plainville

Plainville’s Prickly Pear Cacti

December 7, 2017 by Steve 7 Comments

A Prickly Situation Prickly Pear Cacti Along the Metacomet Trail October 6, 2007 This page is one of my favorite pages out of the thousands of CTMQ pages. If you know anything about me, you know that I am a skeptic in the classic sense. I like to learn stuff, and I like to learn factual stuff that goes against … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, CFPA Hikes, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Dubious Claims, Hoang, Metacomet Trail, Plainville, Plants

Main Street Diner

December 6, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

Main Street Diner Plainville February 20, 2013 If I was writing a fictional story about a town where nothing exciting happens, I'd center some of the dialogue around a local gathering place. And since the story would be an expose about the not-unexciting dark underbelly of this superficially boring town, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Classic Diners & True Taverns, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Classic Diners, Damian, Hartford County, Plainville, restaurants

Relic Brewing Company

October 20, 2015 by Steve 2 Comments

Since 2012?! A True Connecticut Relic Relic Brewing, Plainville Updated December 2017 Ah, Relic. So much to say about Relic and its eccentric owner/brewer Mark Sigman. While there are 10,000-words worth of stuff to say about Relic, I will do my best to limit myself. There are many things with which to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Hartford County, Plainville, Relic Brewing

NHL: Charles H. Norton House

February 24, 2012 by Steve 3 Comments

CT National Historic Landmark Charles H. Norton House 132 Redstone Hill, Plainville (Private Residence) Over the years I’ve come to learn that every town and city in Connecticut has a nice (read: "wealthier") area. Yes, even New Britain and even Bridgeport and Bristol. And it took me some time, but I finally … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, National "Stuff" Tagged With: Hartford County, Historic Houses, Industrial History, National Historic Landmarks, Plainville

Pygmy Village

April 11, 2010 by Steve 38 Comments

More Than a Little Stupid Pygmy Village, New Britain/Plainville You know it's a good page when there's an... Introduction I love junk like this. Every state has ‘em, really no more than another. I had them around me in northern Delaware/southeastern Pennsylvania – Satan Road (where the trees “grow … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Classic, Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses Tagged With: Abandoned and/or Unique Communities, cold war relics, Dubious Claims, Hartford County, New Britain, Nike Missile Sites, Plainville, urban legends

108. Plainville Library Museum

May 29, 2009 by Steve 2 Comments

All of Their Eggs in One Basket Plainville (Google Maps Location) May 28, 2009 Adhering to CTMQ bylaw 9.7 - "If they call themselves a museum, it's a museum" - I hereby present to you the smallest museum I’ve visited to date. I'll be quite surprised to find one smaller on my quest... But one never knows. (Which … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Birds, Free Museums, Hartford County, Libraries, native american history, Natural History, Plainville, Tiny Museums

Robertson Airport

April 10, 2009 by Steve 2 Comments

Planeville Robertson Field, Plainville April 8, 2009 I had never heard of Robertson Field before my visit to the Plainville Historic Center. There, my guide offhandedly mentioned that Robertson Field was the oldest airport in Connecticut. My ears perked up and I noted it, but pretty much forgot about … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Superlatives, Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries Tagged With: airports, Aviation, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Hartford County, Plainville

74. Plainville Historic Center

January 20, 2009 by Steve 3 Comments

Ah Oui, Ville-de-Plaine Plainville (Google Maps Location) October 1, 2008 Note: All early CTMQ posts have small, vertical, rather terrible pictures. Sorry. There comes a time in every person's life where surprising things become a little bit less surprising. Take, for instance, after going to 73 museums in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Aviation, Birds, Creepy Dolls, Free Museums, Hartford County, Plainville, Tools, Town History

Concept of Freedom Trail: Plainville

October 30, 2008 by Steve 1 Comment

The Freedom Trail folks updated and released a great new website in February 2011. They cleared up a bunch of confusing entries and added info where info needed to be added. But they dropped the ball here, and I don't know why. They combined this first entry (the house) and the third one (the cemetery) even … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cultural, Heritage, & Historic Trails Tagged With: Concept of Freedom Trail, CT Freedom Trail, Hartford County, Plainville

Metacomet Trail: Section 8

October 26, 2007 by Steve 10 Comments

Section 8: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Rte 372, Plainville to Prattling Pond Road, Farmington, 6.3 miles October 6, 2007 Updated with reroute and in early 2018 The Metacomet Trail just gets better and better. Another perfect day for a hike with more surprises along this fascinating section. These include … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, National "Stuff" Tagged With: Blue Trails Challenge, Caves & Dens, cold war relics, Cool Rocks, Farmington, Great Views, Hartford County, Hoang, Metacomet Trail, National Scenic Trails, New England National Scenic Trail, Nike Missile Sites, Plainville, Plants

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