Hidden New Jersey

Scrutinize the details on a towering Revolutionary War monument in Freehold and you’ll find a young Thomas Edison with the heroine of the Ba...

On a warm summer Sunday, we weren't surprised to run into people just trying to make it to Sandy Hook. What surprised us was how long ag...

When summer finally gets its grip on New Jersey, the idea of whiling away a warm afternoon on the expansive porch of a rambling shoreside Vi...

Our birding excursions at Sandy Hook usually lead us close to the tip of the hook, where Fort Hancock's Nine Gun Battery and Battery Pec...

County historical weekends are always reliable and often a scavenger hunt. They're reliable in that they all promise a bevy of local sit...

Spring this year has been hit and miss, with very few warm days. Any nature lover with a flexible schedule would have headed to a favorite b...

Ah, the Bohemian Waxwing. The name sounds like something out of one of those caricatures about nutty bird watchers: "yes, we saw the ...

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

If you grew up in New Jersey, or driven on the Turnpike for that matter, you've heard of Molly Pitcher. Young history buffs first learn ...

Of the 1563 fallen service members commemorated on the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Holmdel, only one is a woman: Captain Eleanor...

Standing as it does within a decommissioned U.S. Army fort, it's difficult to imagine that the Sandy Hook Lighthouse was once the target...

I have a lot of respect for horseshoe crabs, in a "prehistoric creature that fascinates me" kind of way. They're survivors, ha...

While looking for the Conover Beacon , I found an interesting little enclave of cheerful looking one-story white buildings nestled among the...

You may not notice at first glance, but Sandy Hook's Fort Hancock is, in many places, a study in uniformity and symmetry. With golden-hu...

Easter seemed like the perfect day for a trip to Sandy Hook for the annual nesting season of the Piping plover. It was a beautiful day, bree...

Beyond the aids to navigation that are still operating (and a few that are far off shore, like Ship John Shoal ) New Jersey is home to a num...