Vol.7 Issue 3 is available now. Our Fall 2025 cover photo honors the history of the Somerset Hills area of Northern Somerset County, New Jersey, and the iconic Blairsden Mansion & Estate. Over the years, the estate has also been a private residence, an orphanage, and a religious retreat. Put those two together and bring in Weird New Jersey, and you will get horror stories worth sharing at this time of year. Take a look at our latest edition and discover how we can bring you a unique blend of history and social engagement.
Views: 25,661 Urban Legends, Ghosts, Murder, Nuns gone insane, the Devil and other horror stories we’ve dug up from Central New Jersey’s past. May be urban legends, but they’re OUR stories! As the leaves turn and the nights cool, ghost… Read More »Local Horror Tales and Ghost Stories Special Edition Magazine
Views: 11,041The 2026 Fall Foliage Map is the ultimate visual planning guide to the annual progression of leaf change. While no tool can be 100% accurate, this tool is designed to help travelers better time their trips to maximize their chances of… Read More »Day Trips – Four Historic New Jersey Fall Locations You Must See
Views: 5,796Lewis – Boudinot – Southard- Ross Farm in the Basking Ridge section of Bernards Twp., New Jersey. The Ross Farm in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, has a rich Revolutionary War history and played a notable role in the American… Read More »The Ross Farm is Still Defending Liberty and Independence 250 Years Later
Views: 4,399The Ridge–Bernards Thanksgiving Day Turkey Bowl Rivalry. We could hold our tongue no more. It needs to come back, so we had to tell the history and why we’d love to get it back. From 1963 through 1977, Thanksgiving… Read More »Bring Back the Thanksgiving Ridge vs. Bernards Turkey Bowl
Views: 3,669As of right now, we are UNABLE to bring our programs to the public and the schools because they require insurance. We’re asking for your financial support. All donations are tax deductible as we are a 501c3 charitable non-profit… Read More »Year End Giving Really Matters This Year-We Need Your Support
Views: 2,373🍁 Fall’s Golden Tapestry, A Journey Through Time and Color Every autumn, the hills, rivers, and small towns of New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania come alive in a blaze of color. Crimson maples, amber oaks, and golden birches… Read More »Fall Beauty in our Community – Photos Over the Years
Views: 21,738Tucked below the Hills on a quiet cul-de-sac in the Liberty Corner section of Bernards Township, New Jersey, sits a turreted French Norman-style castle known to locals as Pharelock Castle. Very few locals remember the sad story about the… Read More »Bill Beatty and the Hills Haunted Phareloch Castle
Views: 3,603While the summer is a beautiful time for recreation in the Poconos, the fall is IMHO the most beautiful time in the Poconos. No need to drive all the way to Vermont, you’ve got it right here in our… Read More »What’s The Pocono Plateau- Visiting a Beautiful Ice Age Remnant
Views: 27,856 Known as The Race of Gentlemen, the event has been revived since the 1950s by a local club called the Oilers of New Jersey. For one weekend in early October, racers, gassers, and fans gather on the beach… Read More »TROG – The Race of Gentlemen – Pure Jersey History Right in Front of Your Eyes
High Point State Park in Sussex, New Jersey, home to the state’s highest elevation and a monument for veterans, owes its existence to Bernardsville families the Kusars and the Drydens. Businessman and philanthropist Anthony Kusar and his wife Susie donated… Read More »High Point State Park was Donated by Bernardsville Family
Views: 4,946Believe it or not, the dead are alive in central New Jersey, especially in northern Somerset County. The question is not whether they are real or not, but rather whether they are disturbing or friendly. As we share, the… Read More »Haunted Tales From Central New Jersey #3
Views: 16,298 Our retrospective begins just after Prohibition, when a chicken ranch became Warren’s Schwaebische Alb restaurant, which opened in 1935 at 142 Washington Valley Road in Warren Township, New Jersey. This retrospective takes you back to the Schwaebische Alb’s beginnings and… Read More »Remembering Warren’s Schwäbische Alb – a Jersey Oktoberfest Institution
Views: 74,950Weird New Jersey magazine launched an all-out attack with urban legends about what went terribly wrong inside the Blairsden Estate in Peapack, New Jersey. This article was originally posted on another site back in 2007. We thought it was… Read More »Blairsden- The Horror, The Nuns and Other Urban Legends
Views: 17,466Believe it or not, the dead are alive in central New Jersey, especially in northern Somerset County. The question is not whether they are real or not, but whether they are disturbing or friendly. As we share, the Mr.… Read More »10 More Haunted Tales From Central New Jersey
Views: 10,192 Listen in as we welcome award-winning journalist and Walking Dead actor Matt Ryan, along with filmmaker Will Cook, as they share the creation of their film HAUNTED ROOTS, “The Haunt of New Jersey’s Devil Tree and a farmhouse.”… Read More »Haunted Roots – The Horror Tale of the Devil Tree in Central New Jersey
