Hidden New Jersey

Delaware Water Gap National Recreational Area is loaded with them: old houses and buildings that largely stand empty, the silent tribute to ...

The 210th anniversary of the Alexander Hamilton/Aaron Burr duel on July 11 got me thinking about other controversial and politically ambitio...

Sure, it's lightly populated now, at least by New Jersey standards, but it's hard to imagine a time when Sussex County was truly wil...

Our recent report on duck spotting at Barnegat Light  indicated that winter birding is not for the faint of heart. Persistent (and well-insu...

Most Northern New Jersey explorers know about the Gingerbread Castle in Hamburg. Some even remember visiting the whimsical structure during ...

North and South Carolina have Pedro and South of the Border. New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania have a cemetery. Well, kind of. A few w...

It couldn't have been any more poetic. As we drove through Frankford to our recent speaking engagement at the Sussex County Library, we ...

Just a couple of days after visiting the Sussex County Library to share the story of the Cat Swamp hijacking and murder , we found ourselves...

A few weeks ago, our discovery of the Cat Swamp Hijacking revealed a bit of a mystery: why was there a silk factory in Newton? I think I ...

If I were to teach kids anything about history, it's that we should never make assumptions. Take historic markers, for example. Admitted...

This weekend's search for winter finches brought us into Passaic County's more wooded spots, particularly the Pequannock watershed. ...

There are some Hidden New Jersey discoveries that seem to resist an easy explanation. I’ll run into something interesting or unusual, make n...

Our visit to White Lake built up a thirst, so we found ourselves wandering in search of liquid refreshment. We found it at the general store...

Sometimes it pays to keep old stuff in the car. You never know when you'll need it. Longtime Hidden New Jersey readers know that we c...

Ever have one of those weekends where you run into the same person in two different places, even though you didn't share your agenda wit...

A little over a year ago, we made a trip out to Thomas Edison's concrete mile on Route 57 in Stewartsville/New Village, the site of his...

The folks at Lusscroft Farm have been tapping the property's maple trees in preparation for a maple sugaring event held on St. Patrick...

Wandering around Sussex County this weekend, we found ourselves driving into the center of Newton, the county seat. We didn't expect to ...