Hidden New Jersey

A recent visit to the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in Morris and Somerset Counties led me to think again about how close we came to ...

Newark has attracted more than its share of creative thinkers who've made huge contributions to their professions and industries. As we ...

People sometimes tend to forget that New Jersey's largest cities are among our oldest. Take, for example, Newark. Gleaming new buildings...

Stroll around the slim section of Newark's Weequahic Park that's north of Route 22, and you might come upon an elegant domed pavilio...

Midwestern-born friends of ours admitted to being a bit confused at the hubbub advertised as the State Fair and held in the parking lot of t...

Back a few years ago, our visit to Newark's Military Park revealed that America's first school safety patrol was established in New ...

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

It's hard to fathom now, but 90 years ago, commercial radio was little more than a novelty. Barely past making a sizable investment in a...

As we've traveled the state, we've been impressed by the consistently good quality of New Jersey's county parks. In the more urb...

What does Thomas Edison have in common with L.A. Ink's Kat Von D, a gazillion bikers and legions of hipster Brooklynites? If you guess...

Drivers in North Jersey have a love-hate relationship with the Pulaski Skyway. It's a toll-free alternative to the Turnpike's Newark...

Below Newark's Raymond Boulevard and University Heights, there's a step back in time that many people outside of the city don't ...

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

Not far from Newark's Liberty Pole are a few more historic markers of varying ages and topics. Like the Pole marker, at least one bears...

We've paid scant attention to the historic charms of New Jersey's largest city, Newark, and that's something we need to remedy. ...

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...

A while back I posted a piece on Newark Airport 's early days and its beautiful Depression-era art deco terminal and administration buil...

Few people know this, but one of the original Holland Tunnel toll booths is in Newark. Huh? you ask.  Did they start collecting tolls on ...

We have a mystery on our hands. Cows are appearing and disappearing in Newark. Yes, you read that correctly. Cows. In Newark. Here's...

For some cockeyed reason, I still enjoy flying. Even when I'm crammed in like a sardine on one of those huge buses with wings, the littl...