... and Electric Blue Tolland Red and White Tolland There's this little gray-area category here on CTMQ of stores that have museum-like qualities. They're certainly not museums, but they're unique and interesting enough to slip onto the pages of this website. One such store is Tolland Red and White. After … [Read more...]
Charles and Frank Underwood Houses
FU House Charles and Frank Underwood Houses Tolland When I first learned of these two ornate houses on the Tolland Green, I was initially drawn to the name Frank Underwood. That was the name of Kevin (Eww) Spacey's character in "House of Cards." He wasn't shy about the double meaning of his initials. But then … [Read more...]
JT: Tobiassen Memorial Forest, Auperin, & Weigold Conservation Areas
A Rare Three-fer Joshua's Trust Tobiassen Memorial Forest, Plus Auperin & Weigold Conservation Areas, Tolland June 2021 As my son Calvin continues to play soccer at a fairly high level (for a 10-year-old, such as that is), his training and playing continues to take me around the state. On this day, he was … [Read more...]
Cross Farms Recreation Complex
Cross This Off My List Cross Farms Recreation Complex, Tolland June 2021 Tolland is a big town with lots of woods and lots of those woods have trails. If I'm to actually red-line Tolland (that is, hike every trail in town), I need to get crackin'. Despite all of its trails, most people view Tolland as either a) … [Read more...]
395. Tolland Military Museum
War! Huh! What is it Good For? (Museums) Tolland Google Maps location July 15, 2018 Admission time: When it became apparent to me in late spring/early summer of 2018 that I could make it to 400 Connecticut museums, I made sure I made it to 400 museums. One trick to getting there is to go to places like Tolland … [Read more...]
393. Old Tolland County Courthouse Museum
Courting Disaster Tolland (Google Maps location) July 15, 2018 Visiting the Old Tolland County Courthouse Museum on its own would be ridiculous. While it is a standalone museum with its own personality and history, I highly encourage you to pair your visit with the Old Tolland County Jail and Museum across the … [Read more...]
CTMQ’s Guide to Tolland
Everything Tolland I’ve been exploring and writing about Connecticut since 2006. After a decade, I began compiling CTMQ guides for each town in the state. I plan on “completing” Tolland CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. After all, that is the ultimate goal of … [Read more...]
Willimantic River Alliance Intro (Hikes)
Willimantic River Alliance Tolland, Windham, Stafford, Mansfield, Coventry, Tolland Man, this is a confusing one for me. This outfit oversees a water trail from Stafford Springs to Willimantic and some hiking trails in those towns plus the ones in between. I never meant to include Connecticut’s river trails … [Read more...]
Northern Connecticut Land Trust Intro
Northern Connecticut Land Trust East Windsor, Ellington, Enfield, Somers, Stafford/Stafford Springs, Tolland, Vernon My first thought as I begin to tackle this Land Trust is, “Holy crap, that’s a lot of land in trust.” My second thought is, “cool, these should be trails I can bang out with my sons.” We just … [Read more...]
Joshua’s Trust Intro
Joshua’s Tract Conservation and Historic Trust Andover, Ashford, Chaplin, Columbia, Coventry, Eastford, Franklin, Hampton, Lebanon, Mansfield, Scotland, Tolland, Willington, Windham Whoa! Before I even read up on this land trust, I’m going to guess this is the largest one in Connecticut. FOURTEEN towns?! Sheesh, … [Read more...]