Confederate and WWII Prisoner Graves of Finn’s Point Cemetery
New Jersey has plenty of history surrounding the Revolutionary War but not many people know about its Civil War connections....
Jungle Habitat: Wild, Free and Abandoned
By Mark Moran One day, back around 1997, someone suggested to Mark S. and I that we go check out...
Blood Sport: Revisiting Traction… Er, Action, Park
If you were compiling a list of things you may have experienced in your youth if you grew up in...
The Hillside Cemetery Spill of 1902
A torrential downpour in August of 1902 caused the Spring Garden Brook in Madison to overflow, having enough momentum to...
Ong’s Hat: Piney Ghost Town or Gateway to Another Dimension?
If one takes the Turnpike to exit four and follows Route 70 east, they will come to Route 72 at...
Joe Mulliner, the “Robin Hood of the Pines”
Often referred to as “The Robin Hood Of The Pine Barrens,” Joe Mulliner was a Tory outlaw who was forced...
Beware of the BLOB: It Came from the Jersey Shore!
It was on August 6, 2003 that a large mysterious blob appeared in a Little Egg Harbor tributary. The Jersey...
Jimmy Hoffa’s Fiery Resting Place Beneath the Pulaski Skyway
The Pulaski Skyway lumbers across the post-apocalyptic landscape of South Kearny like some kind of skulking prehistoric behemoth. Carrying Route...
Lucy the Elephant
The New Jersey Shore has always had its fair share of spectacular eye-popping sights to see. Historically there have been...
The Matawan Man-Eater: The Real-Life Jersey “Jaws”
Nearly 60 years before Peter Benchley's novel "Jaws," a real man-eater lurked the waters of the New Jersey coast. It...