Enjoy the Fall with stories about Jersey’s history. A free magazine with stories about local history and events in New Jersey. Roadtrips, events, ghosts and ghoul history and so much more.
Views: 248 GO LISTEN WITH YOUR FAMILY on Mischief Night, Cabbage Night, Goosey Night, or whatever you call it – October 30th!!!! The date was October 30, 1938, and Jerseyans tuned in to a radio broadcast stating that Martians had… Read More »The World’s Greatest Broadcast in New Jersey History – War of the Worlds
Views: 280 Believe 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,… Read More »Haunted Tales From Central New Jersey #3
Views: 9,960 HUGE UPDATE: September 12, 2024—Tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman conducted the first private spacewalk with SpaceX, marking a significant milestone in space exploration. The mission, part of the Polaris Dawn program, tested new spacesuits and involved extensive training. Isaacman… Read More »Jersey’s Jared Isaacman – A High School Dropout Who Went to Outer Space (AGAIN)
Views: 12,924 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! When the leaves start turning and the nights get… Read More »Horror Tales and Ghost Stories from Central New Jersey
Views: 1,180 You can learn a lot of history by looking at a cemetery! NOTE: A quick reminder: Warren was part of Bernards Township until the 19th century, while Far Hills and Bernardsville were still part of Bernards Township up… Read More »Basking Ridge Evergreen Cemetery is a Living History Lesson
Views: 9,319 Believe it or not, the dead is alive in central New Jersey especially in northern Somerset County. The question is not whether they are real or not, but more like are they disturbing or friendly? As we share,… Read More »10 More Haunted Tales From Central New Jersey
Views: 6,956 HELP THIS STORY: We are still looking for photos of the beer garden or any photos taken after 1970. We are also still researching the sale date to Warren Township and the final teardown date. Contact us if you… Read More »Warren’s Schwaebische Alb Was a Jersey Octoberfest Institution
Views: 54,524 Weird 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 originally was posted on another site back in 2007. We thought it… Read More »Blairsden- The Horror, The Nuns and Other Urban Legends
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 the land and the monument, highlighting their passion for nature conservation and honoring war veterans.
Views: 5,455 Fall in New Jersey has always been one of the best times to traverse the state and take in some of the most beautiful foliage anywhere in the country. The leaves begin to change, and the crisp fall… Read More »Day Trips – Four Historic New Jersey Fall Locations You Must See
Views: 31,951 The Devil Tree of Liberty Corner (Somerset County) Urban Legend 1 Devil Tree – The Tree and the Caretaker Me and my friends were all contemplating going up to the devil tree. I had been up there one… Read More »The Tale of Jersey’s Devil Tree
Views: 19,780 Devil’s Tomb & Jacobs Ladder –Look what happened when Weird NJ Issue #12 came out. A place that sits quietly in obscurity for hundreds of years comes to an abrupt end when overzealous devil seekers search to find… Read More »Taking Jacobs Ladder to the Devil’s Tomb (Grave)
Views: 5,665 Celebrating over 100 years of New Jersey’s fall classic, the Far Hills Race Meeting, with this beautiful wooden hand painted collectible as part of the New Jersey Historic Village Cat’s Meow wooden keepsake collection. Beautifully handcrafted wood, hand-painted… Read More »Far Hills Race Meeting Honored with Painted Wooden Collectible
Views: 14,584 The Mr. Local History Project congratulates the Far Hills Race on reaching its centennial in 2021. It is part of the fabric and history of this equestrian area of Somerset County, New Jersey. What’s in a name? Some call it… Read More »Far Hills Race Meeting is Real Social Jersey History
Views: 26,088 Nestled in the Catskill Mountains in the southern portion of New York State lies the historic Mohonk Mountain Resort, known to locals as the Mohonk Mountain House. The resort is anything but a house, and you can spend… Read More »Day Trip – Historic Mohonk Mountain “House”, New Paltz, New York