Several of the former Collins Axe Several of the factory buildings located on the Farmington River in Collinsville (Canton), CT. The buildings are now home to an eclectic mix of tenants, including antiques, office, artists, and woodworkers.
sunflowers at sunset, in Griswold Ct.06351
St. Michael’s Parish, an historic stone church just off the Litchfield green, is a stunning, ethereal Gothic mini-cathedral with Tiffany stained-glass windows.
Old 1st Church
Sunset on the Connecticut River.
Gillette Castle on the Connecticut River.
“The good people of this world are very far from being satisfied with each other, and my arms are the best peacemakers,” wrote Samuel Colt in 1852. Not exactly a Gandhi-esque philosophy, but it shouldn’t prevent you from taking a look at “Samuel Colt: Arms, Art, and Invention” (Yale University Press, $65). The book was […]
As you drive along Route 169 in the eastern part of the state, it soon becomes clear why this section of Connecticut is called the Quiet Corner. This route, located just off I-395, offers 32 miles of uninterrupted tranquillity. In Lisbon, weathered-clapboard homesteads appear around every bend. Stone walls flank the road as you come […]
Schoolchildren know Eli Whitney’s cotton gin as one of the most influential inventions in American history and an icon of Yankee ingenuity, but its purpose was simple: Remove seeds from cotton. The cotton gin’s impact on the South was complex and profound. This gin, patented in 1794, is the earliest known working scale model in […]
