Hidden New Jersey

Eagle-eyed travelers along the Garden State Parkway might notice subtle yet distinctive differences to the road's construction as they t...

John Adams famously predicted that the anniversary of America's independence would "be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance by s...

A few years ago, we were absolutely blown away by the history we found nestled among the old industrial grittiness of  Perth Amboy . Once th...

What do Johnson & Johnson, a good brisket sandwich and art have in common? Interestingly enough, Rutgers University and New Brunswick, s...

When is a guest house not a guest house? When it’s the Guest House next to the New Brunswick Public Library. You may have already guessed ...

You might notice the name on an exit sign as you drive along the Garden State Parkway: Laurence Harbor. Spelled as it is, in a slighly-uncon...

It's not all that unusual to run across railroad tracks while wandering around New Jersey. With a few thousand miles of track laid over ...

In New Jersey, the onset of winter brings the spectre of the wild goose chase. "What?" I can hear you wondering. "Why would...

Wander around the exhibits in the removed and restored Indian Queen Tavern at East Jersey Olde Towne , and you'll find reference to seve...

Over the weekend, we made another visit to East Jersey Olde Towne , a collection of historic buildings moved to Middlesex County's John...

We didn't see any pandas on our last trip to New Brunswick, but I honestly wouldn't have been shocked if we had, based on what we fo...

For a while, we've been meaning to get to Rutgers Gardens, the 180-acre bit of bliss located not far off Route One on Ryders Lane in New...

In a history-making event that garnered virtually no media attention, flying saucers hovered just feet above the ground on Rutgers Universit...

With multiple stories already written on Thomas Edison and features on his lab and home in West Orange, it's remarkable that we haven...

If you're a follower of New Jersey politics, you've no doubt heard of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University. Loc...

A few weeks ago we explored the Stelton area of Piscataway to tease out the history of early 20th century settlement there. You might recall...

To many people, the name Joyce Kilmer means one of three things: the poet who wrote  Trees , a rest area on the New Jersey Turnpike, or an a...