If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

He will put some things behind, will pass an invisible boundary; new, universal, and more liberal laws will begin to establish themselves around and within him; or the old laws be expanded, and interpreted in his favor in a more liberal sense, and he will live with the license of a higher order of beings. In proportion as he simplifies his life, the laws of the universe will appear less complex, and solitude will not be solitude, nor poverty poverty, nor weakness weakness.

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.

– Henry David Thoreau

Beautiful hand drawn map of Stamford, Connecticut in 1883

Click here to see what Stamford looked like 100+ years ago.

Connecticut’s Chester–Hadlyme Ferry

The Chester-Hadlyme ferry is the second oldest continuously operating ferry service in the state.

Helen Keller talks about the symbolism and purpose behind the human hand

Look where we will, we find the hand in time and history, working, building, inventing…

Beautifully restored map of Meriden, Connecticut from 1875

Detailed bird’s eye view of Meriden, Connecticut in 1875

Wonderfully illustrated historical map of New London, CT from 1946

This historical map was created to celebrate New London’s 300th anniversary in 1946.

Beautifully detailed map of Hartford, Connecticut from 1864

Historic bird’s eye view of Hartford, Connecticut from 1836