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

Amazing old map of New Britain, Connecticut from 1875

This map shows New Britain, Connecticut in 1875.

Stunning vintage map of New Milford, CT from 1882

This vintage map shows New Milford, Connecticut as it looked in 1882.

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On December 16, 1989 Wall Street woke up to find a charging bull on its doorstep…

Amazing bird’s eye view of Bridgeport, Connecticut in 1875

This is how Bridgeport looked when only 20,000 people lived there!

The Lost Children of the Battle of Gettysburg

In the terrors of battle he had comforted himself with this picture.

Restored bird’s eye view of East Hampton, Connecticut from 1880

This old map shows East Hampton, Connecticut in the late 19th century.

Beautifully restored map of New London, CT from 1876

Bird’s eye view of New London, Connecticut in 1876