New York & New Jersey 2021 The Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, Red Bulls Arena, & Bronx Zoo Back in early 2020, Calvin's aunt had promised to take him to the Statue of Liberty and his mom promised him the Bronx Zoo, and I promised him an MLS game. None of that happened thanks to the pandemic, so I bundled it all … [Read more...]
SeaQuest (Closed)
Mall Promotes Sloth SeaQuest January 2020 Rarely do I celebrate the closure of anything on this site, but I'm happy to report this nightmare closed in August 2023. I hate malls. All malls, y’all. I also kind of care about animal welfare and have a moral issue with sketchy small zoos and the like. And I hate … [Read more...]
Summer Brook Valley Farm Alpacas (Closed)
Alpaca? But I Hardly Know Ya Summer Brook Valley Farm Alpacas November 26, 2011 This page is... crazy. Summer Brook closed in 2015 for one, and it goes way too deep into alpaca-dom for some reason. But this is the only alpaca place you'll find on CTMQ, though other similar places are of course still operating in … [Read more...]
Wickham Park Nature Center & Aviary
Wick, Wick, Quack Manchester (Google Maps location) September 12, 2009 I used to live in Manchester and always thought Wickham Park was in East Hartford. Only part of it is. Wickham Park is a non-profit, private foundation whose property extends into both towns. The park contains 250 acres of gardens, open … [Read more...]
160. Silverman’s Animal Farm
Go Easton Young Man Easton (Google Maps location) April 10, 2010 For some unknown reason, I originally had this place written up as a non-museum and filed it away in the hinterlands of CTMQ. I don't know what I was thinking as this place (for our purposes) is a great little zoo (of sorts) to take your kids too. … [Read more...]
Animals, Farms, Gardens, Plants, Trees, Dinosaurs, Fossils, Rocks, Waterfalls, & Caves
Biology, Paleontology, and Geology This is a big page with lots of stuff. Outdoor stuff. You won't find nature or Audubon centers here, as they are on the massive museums list. I'll let you sort out whatever else you're looking for. Animals (Aquaria, Zoos, Hatcheries, Wild & Weird Animals) Farms Worth … [Read more...]
101. Action Wildlife Foundation
Lights! Camera! Action Wildlife! Um... Camera? Goshen (Google Maps Location) April 25, 2009 This website depends mightily on pictures. Even though they are generally terrible, they give those who just scan these long-winded posts something to look at, I actually use them to frame the story. Since I hardly ever … [Read more...]
Beardsley Zoo
OceLotta Fun! Bridgeport (Google Maps Location) September 20, 2008 Connecticut only has one zoo, thankfully. You see, Hoang and I do have ethical issues with zoos - especially ones that don't go full bore trying to best replicate the animals' natural environs. But, on the other hand, we both love seeing animals … [Read more...]
Flamig Educational Farm
You Know What Really Gets My Goat? Flamig Educational Farm, Simsbury (Google Maps Location) June 2008 Connecticut museum visit #61. Note: An incredible amount of search engine traffic comes here looking for "Flaming Farm." This farm is not on fire. At some point along this crazy CTMQ journey I decided to … [Read more...]