Roadside Oddities

Mark and Mark March 20, 2023 0

The Strange Saga of Howard Stern’s Rest Stop By Nick Muscavage Potato chips, soda and sex — what more do...

Mark and Mark February 19, 2023 0

Situated alongside a narrow seaside street in the tony Elberon section of Long Branch lies a curious footnote to United...

Mark and Mark January 22, 2023 0

He’s been a familiar roadside fixture to motorist traveling along Route 35 in Middletown since 1956, but the brightly colored...

Mark and Mark January 11, 2023 0

When Blairstown Became Scarestown: The Filming of Friday the 13th By Joanne M. Austin “We ain’t gonna stand for no...

Mark and Mark December 7, 2022 0

When the Weird NJ office phone rang and the Greek was on the other end of the line, I knew...

Mark and Mark November 22, 2022 0

“Dear Weird NJ – This appears a little weird. “The Courtship of Miles Standish,” a narrative poem written in 1858...

Mark and Mark October 30, 2022 0

'Twas the night before Halloween, mischief night, in 1938 that a young Orson Welles’ now infamous radio broadcast of War...

Mark and Mark October 13, 2022 0

If you've read Weird NJ issue #57 (Fall 2021) then you are familiar with the story of the dinosaurs hidden...

Mark and Mark July 3, 2022 0

New Jersey's Most Painted Rock I can't remember exactly when I first saw the Painted Rock on Route 539. It...

Mark and Mark September 28, 2021 0

Get Your Motors Running for... T.R.O.G. – The Race Of Gentlemen Imagine you're standing on a beach. The summer has...