Hidden New Jersey

After a few years of birding, you get to know where the rarities are going to be, and when. It's more than understanding t...

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...

Birding has taken a back seat for us over the past couple of weekends, given the usual summer lull enforced by avian behavior. After warblin...

Morristown National Historical Park is deceptively large, holding surprises for those who go beyond the obvious to seek out the entirety of ...

We've found some interesting roadside historical markers, but this was a new one: a bicycle behind glass. It's the centerpiece of a ...

History-minded Rutgers University students (at least the New Brunswick-based ones) quickly learn the facts behind the school's origins. ...

The Somerville Circle has long been known for historically challenging traffic, where wars have nearly broken out over proper rights of way ...

If it hasn't already become obvious, I'm intrigued by planned communities. There's something fascinating about an enclave where ...

I've talked before about the surprising amount of life it's possible to find in the depths of winter, even as it seems the weather ...

Driving around parts of Somerset County, you'd be excused for thinking that everything's named "Lord Stirling," because yo...

Wrong turns uncover a lot of great surprises for us Hidden New Jersey nuts. I guess that's not surprising, as you don't go places yo...

Fresh from our greater white-fronted goose sighting, Ivan and I spotted a small truss bridge and historical marker on the side of the road. ...

"What are you doing this afternoon? There's a greater white-fronted goose in Bridgewater." Sometimes you have to put everyt...

A few weeks ago, I wrote about our random jaunts on the Appalachian Trail, all the while forgetting about the mammoth Maine-to-Florida path...

Fall migration will be upon us before we know it. In fact, the shorebirds have already started their trek south, and since birds take more t...

Based on a suggestion from a Hidden New Jersey reader, Ivan and I recently visited Natirar, a new park within the Somerset County Park Syste...

Wandering around Somerset County gave us the chance to visit one of my favorite, "Wow, this is New Jersey?" destinations, the Dela...

Given how much I've knocked around central New Jersey, it's rather remarkable that it's taken me this long to get to the Sourlan...

In my report about the Negri-Nepote Grasslands a few weeks ago, I mentioned that we'd driven past the farm holding the Trojan Cow, a la...

Franklin Township (Somerset County) is one of those massive towns in the middle of the state that just seems to go on and on. Its reach is s...