The Strange Saga of Howard Stern’s Rest Stop: Located off of Interstate 295 in Burlington County is a small building that is reminiscent of a 1990s fast food restaurant, constructed of tan bricks and a brown shingled roof, surrounded by barbed wire in a vacant lot — this was once the Howard Stern Rest Stop. Continue reading
Nuclear Jersey: Nike Missile Bases and the Cold War Fought Right in Your Own Backyard It might surprise a lot of New Jersey residents today to know that during the Cold War many of our sleepy suburban communities played a … Continue reading
Weird NJ will once again be taking part in the Trenton Punk Rock Flea Market on Saturday ONLY, April 1st, and we’ll be bringing all kinds of cool merch, like; books, T-shirts, stickers, patches and posters. Get all the details … Continue reading
The brand new Weird NJ pullover hoodie is a Gildan Brand heavyweight blend sweatshirt in charcoal grey. Artwork by Sean Bernhardt (a.k.a. @space_bat_killer) features the Jersey Devil, Evil Trees and Clowns, Abandoned Places, UFOs and Aliens, Big Foot and even Pork Roll … Continue reading
Located just across the Delaware River from National Park, NJ (Gloucester County) on the edge of Philadelphia, PA, Fort Mifflin is not the best-known historic site in America, but as “the fort that saved America,” its century-spanning history warrants more … Continue reading
It’s sad and hopeless looking sight to see – a U.S. Naval submarine mired in the muck of a river not deep enough to allow for its draft when the ship is on the surface. The vessel is the USS Ling, a 312-foot long, 2,500-ton veteran of World War II, which now rests on the silty bottom of Hackensack River in Hackensack. Continue reading
Subscribe to your favorite magazine for 2023! That’s right, Weird NJ issues #60 and #61 can be delivered right to your door in May and October of 2023. (Current and recent issues can be purchased HERE.) Weird NJ Magazine: Your Travel Guide to New Jersey’s … Continue reading
The #59 (Fall/Winter 2022) Issue of Weird NJ Magazine has now been mailed to all of our paid subscribers and will be arriving in mailboxes soon. If you ordered the issue and have not yet received your copy, there is … Continue reading
There is probably no better way to prove one’s courage than by walking straight into the gaping maw of Hell, the gates of which can be found in the town of Clifton, Passaic County–or so the legend goes… Continue reading
Located alongside Route 621 in the town of Newton is a peaceful little graveyard nestled alongside a wooded hillside, right near the heart of the old town. Though most of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century stones to be found here … Continue reading
