Metacomet Trail Intro
Metacomet Trail (New England National Scenic Trail) Berlin – Suffield, 63 Miles Began: April 2007 Completed: September 2020 I had mentioned on my now defunct old blog once that I was planning on hiking the entire length of Connecticut’s Metacomet Trail; from Berlin in the center of the state north through Hartford County to the […]
The Barnes Museum
Barnes & Noblesse The Barnes Museum, Southington (Location) December 2006 Connecticut museum visit #6. This was written back when this site was mere months old. So I apologize in advance for the tiny pictures and the tone, although 20 years later I did laugh at a few lines. In 2025 I was told by a […]
Connecticut Valley Tobacco Museum
Tobacco Rowed Connecticut Valley Tobacco Museum, Windsor (Location) April 2007 Connecticut Valley Tobacco Museum was called the Luddy/Taylor Tobacco Museum when I visited in 2007. I cringe at these early pages. This page used to combine the tobacco museum and the Northwest Park Nature Center. I’ve separated the two which makes for a somewhat clunky […]
Comstock Covered Bridge
We’ve Got This Bridge Covered Comstock Bridge, East Hampton/Colchester April 1, 2007 2018: It has been a long, long time since I’ve revisited this page. Or the bridge. So my pictures are too small. But… you’ll survive. Connecticut has three remaining historic covered bridges and I’ve already been to the two out in the northwest […]
Chatham Historical Society Museum & School House
Ringing in the Museum Season East Hampton (Google Maps Location) April 1, 2007 Connecticut museum visit #7. My son Damian’s first museum! Keep in mind this experience below documents a 2007 visit and things do change over time, including my ability to write about small town museums like this. With winter finally behind us and […]
The Edward E. King Museum (Gone)
Flying High with the Tobacco King of East Hartford The Edward E. King Museum, East Hartford (Google Maps Location) December 2006 Connecticut museum visit #5. The library closed for a huge renovation in 2014. As part of that renovation, this awesome little museum ceased to exist in any meaningful way. Some of the artifacts are […]
Butler-McCook House and Garden
The Butler Did it – Or Maybe it was the McCook… Butler-McCook House and Garden,Hartford (Google Maps Location) December 2006 Connecticut museum visit #4. The garden here one of Connecticut’s Historic Gardens. The Scott mentioned below has become a friend and of course he was only doing his job. As with these early museum visits, […]
Witch’s Dungeon Classic Movie Museum
Putting the “Horror” in “Horrorible” Bristol (Google Maps Location) October 2006 Connecticut museum visit #3. Since my visit, the museum moved to the beautiful Bristol Historical Society building in 2014, and then moved again to its own building in Plainville in 2021. This makes everything below moot, but it’s still entertaining, despite the small format […]
Connecticut River Museum
Something’s Fishy in Essex Connecticut River Museum, Essex (Location) October & December 2006, with some February 2020 too Connecticut museum visit #2. As you can see, I’ve returned to this museum more than once – and as a result the picture formatting is all over the place. I’m not sure how many museums my entire […]