The Nadir of Connecticut Museums? Winchester (Google Maps location) October 2018 Out of the surfeit of Connecticut museums, you can count on one hand how many have been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, The PBS NewsHour, The Wall Street Journal, and most importantly, CTMQ. … [Read more...]
Burr Pond State Park Intro
Burr Pond State Park Torrington & Winchester Grrrr Pond State Park... I know I knew this, but did you know that when Connecticut designates a state park in the middle of a state forest, its land is no long state forest land? So every time you see that I have a state park listed as part of a state forest, I think … [Read more...]
Paugnut State Forest Intro
Paugnut State Forest Torrington & Winchester Though Paugnut sounds like a kind of tree, it was supposedly a Native American chief back in the day. There is some dispute about the veracity of this claim. Regardless, we now have a decently sized state forest that more or less connects two state parks in Torrington. … [Read more...]
Winchester’s Town Trails
Winchester's Town Trails Winchester is Winsted. I know, I know... no one calls this place Winchester. But I have a thing with data governance and standardized nomenclature and therefore it's Winchester. I also have a thing with categorizing the various trails around the state. Which means we end up with … [Read more...]
Winchester Soldiers’ Monument
Winchester Soldiers' Monument Winchester (Winsted) Stone Tower (44 feet) Are you ever remotely curious about how CTMQ... "happens?" No? That's fair. I was merely going to mention that I visited this monument for the express purposes of this here website on September 2nd, 2013. Labor Day. At that time anyway, the … [Read more...]
Still River Cascades
What a Dumb Name for a River Still River Cascades Winchester (Winsted) Seriously, "Still River?" That literally makes no sense. Especially when we're talking about some roarin' cascade action up in here. Just look at these bad boys: Oooh yeahhhh... The Still River is a medium-sized stream which rises … [Read more...]
Little Red Barn Brewers
Little Red Corvair Little Red Barn Brewers, Winchester (Winsted) July 2019 Little Red Barn is one of those breweries that would probably be successful no matter what. Located on the fringes of downtown Winsted, it has a large built-in customer base – many of which can walk home. Winsted is a blue-collar town with … [Read more...]
Getting Off (RIP)
Finished Getting Off, Winchester I regret to inform you that Getting Off has closed. Located next to Stop & Shop in Winsted, people can no longer shop at Getting Off. I never had the pleasure of shopping at Getting Off myself, so I can’t properly review what Getting Off is like, but this person on facebook … [Read more...]
West Lake St. & Highland Lake
You're Gonna Get Wet Highland Lake, Winchester (Winsted) I'll be honest and tell you that I have about 7 minutes to write this page. But that should do it I think. My brother-in-law lives on Highland Lake and we have an annual picnic in the last days of summer there. I don't have time to search and find the best … [Read more...]
CTMQ’s Guide to Winchester
Everything Winchester 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” Winchester CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. … [Read more...]