Lots of Babble Babb's Beach Suffield I've waited a decade to write this page. And I should probably wait at least a decade more. But here we are... on a page about a tiny strip of sand along the shore of The Congamond Lakes' Middle Pond. For Babb's Beach was once an entertainment hotbed and there are hopes … [Read more...]
Bloomfield Spite Barn (Gone)
"Shove Your Tariff(ville)" Bloomfield Spite Barn, Bloomfield I've got nothing here. Other than a love for spite houses. Connecticut has a couple and one is rather infamous. The spite barn in Bloomfield is long gone, but the tavern which is blocked is still there. So I took a picture of it. From the … [Read more...]
Maple Lane/Foggy Harbor Spirits (RIP)
Currantly Closed Maple Lane Spirits, Preston This is one of those pages that I write while never being 100% convinced I'm guessing its veracity correctly. I am very certain that Maple Lane Spirits ceased operations in 2018 or 2019. I can't find any sort of announcement to that effect, and therefore I'm not … [Read more...]
263. Military Museum of Southern New England (RIP)
Awww, Shoot! Danbury (RIP) May 24, 2014 Almost exactly one year before my family visited the Military Museum of Southern New England in Danbury, its founder was shot and killed by police at his Ridgefield home. About a year after our visit, the museum's name was changed to The U.S. Military Museum. And three … [Read more...]
456. Chaplin Museum (RIP)
Sorry Ol’ Chap Chaplin RIP, 2012 (est.) This is a really, really dumb page. It needn’t exist. But here we are. When I put together the CTMQ Town Guides for small, low-population towns like Chaplin I really want there to be a museum. Connecticut towns without museums are few are far between. An unfortunately, … [Read more...]
Sunrise Drive Preserve & Ten Mile River Access
Nah, Man, Nah Sunrise Drive Preserve & Ten Mile River Access, Columbia September 2019 Hello. Thanks for clicking the link to this page. I’ve got good and bad news. The good news is you are an awesome person for reading, apparently, whatever the heck I write about. Thanks for being cool. The bad news … [Read more...]
Perfection Screw (RIP)
I’m a Child Perfection Screw, Wolcott Perfection Screw was bought in April 2019 and is no longer. There’s no need for this on the esteemed pages of CTMQ. Yet, here we are. Perfection Screw and Rivet (whose signage only said “Perfection Screw”) was founded in 1952 and produced thousands of different cold … [Read more...]
450. Schoolhouse No. 3 (RIP)
A, B, C! School - house 3! R-I-P! Avon (Google Maps location) February 10, 2019 This museum will remain RIP for the foreseeable future. In the world of historical museums, progress can be quite slow. Glacial even. (Although, with global climate change, the term “glacial” doesn’t quite mean what it used to mean.) … [Read more...]
Connecticut Valley Distillery (RIP)
Smuggler's Done Connecticut Valley Distillery (RIP), Ellington RIP 2018 You have found yourself on (yet another) page on CTMQ that exists for no other reason than to satisfy my list-completion OCD. I not only never visited the Connecticut Valley Distillery, I never drank any of its signature Smuggler’s Rum. I … [Read more...]
Moses Cle(a)veland of Canterbury
Cleaved Moses Cleaveland's Birth and Grave Sites Canterbury Cleveland. The “Mistake by the Lake.” Always the butt of jokes. So much so that Connecticut makes fun of it. That’s when you know you have an identity problem. It goes beyond the Cuyahoga River being on fire and the perennial ineptitude of the Browns and … [Read more...]
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