• Journey's,  Museums

    Toll House Museum, Plymouth CT

    Once upon a time (more specifically, during the late 18th to 19th centuries), Connecticut was laced with 1,600 miles of toll roads. (Here is a list of them.) The tolls were collected not by the government, but by private corporations which built and maintained the roads. Sometimes this involved repairing an existing path, but other toll roads had to be…

  • Barns,  Journey's

    Unusual but beautiful barn in Plymouth CT

    This rustic looking barn had some unusual touches like the boxed in “X” patterns. It sat nicely balanced between two tall tree’s with the sun coming in from behind lighting up the tree’s and parts of the lawn. The sign on the front reads “The Leach-Stanton” barn. It’s located on North St. in Plymouth CT. Photographed with a Nikon D7100…