Hidden New Jersey

If you grew up in Union County or are a New Jersey news media junkie, you might remember the Elizabeth Daily Journal . Before finally succum...

It's Halloween, and New Jersey-based websites are having a field day with posts citing the state's top scary and haunted places. If ...

Just when you think you've heard about every Revolutionary War story about New Jersey, something else pops up. A while back I wrote ab...

I expected that a quick stop at the Turnpike's Alexander Hamilton Service Area might elicit a brief lesson on our first Secretary of the...

One of the highlights of my Union County travels during this year's Four Centuries Weekend was a visit to the home of former United Stat...

One of these days, I'm going to do a comprehensive  Hidden New Jersey post on Aaron Burr. The guy keeps showing up in our travels, desp...

New Yorkers flock to current day New Jersey for cheap gasoline and tax-free clothing shopping, but in the early days of the United States, t...

If you happen to get called for jury duty in Union County, be sure to check out Princeton University while you're there. You'll be w...

Fresh from our greater white-fronted goose sighting, Ivan and I spotted a small truss bridge and historical marker on the side of the road. ...

When I was growing up in Union, we all knew of a mysterious house on Morris Avenue across the street from Kean College. You couldn't see...

New Brunswick's reputation as a Revolutionary-era city is tempered largely by the presence of Rutgers University, one of the original ei...

Danged if the weather didn't suddenly turn colder just as the weekend arrived.  That meant that this week's Sue/Ivan field trip was ...