Ghosts of Christmas Past
Photo by Tracey Consolo Holiday Displays from Days of Yore – Gone But Not Forgotten A Creepy Claus in God’s...
Santa’s New Jersey Roots
While the image of the jolly old elf we've all come to know as Santa Claus may live at the...
Exploring Abandoned Nike Missile Bases
Nuclear Jersey: Nike Missile Bases and the Cold War Fought Right in Your Own Backyard It might surprise a lot...
Weird NJ Holiday Gift Shop
Vintage Weird NJ Wear Never Goes Out of Style ...or Out of Stock! Now you can have all of your...
It’s Thanksgiving All Year Round In Some NJ Neighborhoods
“Dear Weird NJ – This appears a little weird. “The Courtship of Miles Standish,” a narrative poem written in 1858...
Prehistoric Petroglyphs and Cryptic Carvings
The Carved Rock of Little Falls Located on the edge of a high bluff overlooking a deep wooded ravine in...
The War to End All Wars Ends at Somerville Circle
Today we celebrate Veterans Day, a Federal Holiday in the U.S. observed annually on November 11, honoring military veterans of...
Nov. 9: The List Family Murders, Westfield
Father Knows Best: The Strange and Horrific Saga of John Emil List You’d think that it would be easy to...
Hezekiah Smith – The Man in the Iron Casket
The Man in the Iron Casket After an 1857 fire destroyed a factory that was central to the town of...
Martians Attack NJ on Halloween Eve!
'Twas the night before Halloween, mischief night, in 1938 that a young Orson Welles’ now infamous radio broadcast of War...