Hidden New Jersey

I've long been of the mind that keeping a historic building in continuous use is the best way to keep it from deteriorating. An impressi...

Mention the impact of women in Civil War-era medicine, and most people will bring up the name Clara Barton, but others also bravely toiled t...

The 210th anniversary of the Alexander Hamilton/Aaron Burr duel on July 11 got me thinking about other controversial and politically ambitio...

You know you're heading for a really hidden New Jersey gem when you have to stop at a guard shack to get in. I found myself doing just t...

We sometimes have to be a bit strategic when we plan a Hidden New Jersey history field trip involving multiple locations. Sites seem to all ...

One of the things I've always liked about living in old buildings is the possibility that someone noteworthy once lived there. Think abo...

Over a dozen significant historic attractions in close proximity to each other: it's a New Jersey booster's dream and challenge. Uni...

Longtime readers may remember an early reference to one of our favorite military personalities, Phil Kearny. In this installment, our resid...

Today I'm putting my feet up and passing my usual writing duties to the often-written-about Ivan, to tell us a bit about a well-known Mo...

The slim brick rowhouses of Burlington's historic Wood Street are interrupted by a wider and squatter cream colored stucco residence lab...

While doing additional research on another Hidden New Jersey entry, I came upon this interesting statement in the Encyclopedia of New Jerse...

"What are three things that have never been in my kitchen?" (Apologies to Alex Trebek and legions of Cheers fans. Sorry, couldn...

One of the perils of being in a relationship with a Civil War buff is the "Six Degrees" syndrome. You know ... you see or hear a f...

New Jersey's Archives in Trenton hold a wealth of state-related documents dating back over 350 years, but few realize that the collectio...

That awful pork-roll-on-potato-roll sandwich may have left a dent, but it wasn't enough to tide me through lunchtime on our recent Cape ...

Yes, you read that correctly. A Civil War battle was fought in New Jersey. Granted, it was 13 years after the war had actually ended, but th...

Considering that no Civil War battle was fought in New Jersey, I've often found it difficult to relate to the conflict the way I do to t...

On the Fourth, after the reading of the Declaration of Independence in Morristown, Ivan and I took a ride through Madison to visit the grave...

Run a couple of history nuts past an old church and see what happens. If those nuts are Ivan and me, chances are that you’ll be spending som...

Since our trip to Fort Mott , it's been on our short list to get to Riverview Cemetery in Trenton. Not only is it an old graveyard, but ...