Hidden New Jersey

Long-time readers know we have a special relationship with Ellis Island... the New Jersey side . As a volunteer with the National Park Servi...

Today it sits at the edge of New York Harbor, suffering from enduring damage suffered at the hand of Hurricane Sandy. A hundred years ago, i...

Ask just about anyone where America's "Golden Door" of immigration stood in the late 19th and early 20th century, and they...

Long-time readers might remember our article on Dr. Rose Faughnan , the Ellis Island physician who was, herself, a classic example of the Am...

I love running into signs like this: Where is it, you wonder? Jersey City? Newark? Nope. It's in Bloomsbury, 60 miles west of ...

Not long after Hurricane Sandy, I wrote about damage at Ellis Island  and the uncertain future of the unrestored Public Health Service immig...

I've mentioned before that I'm a volunteer interpretive guide at Ellis Island , informing visitors about the Public Health Service h...

A while back I noted that the lion's share of Ellis Island is, in fact, in New Jersey . The man-made South Side of the island was constr...

Though Ellis Island is right in the middle of New York Harbor and hosts more than two million visitors a year, it qualifies as a hidden New ...