April 14th is National Garden Day, so make sure you get out there and enjoy our Garden State's beauty (and…
It's always fun to hear how a story becomes a story for us. In fact, there's always a story about…
New Jersey Historical Wooden Keepsake Collection Welcomes the 1871 Washington House The iconic Washington House in Basking Ridge Village has…
Peapack, New Jersey's Blairsden Estate of Clinton Ledyard Blair Peapack/Gladstone, New Jersey Submitted: Brooks Betz & W. Barry Thomson https://youtu.be/aaz4rL9sHTQ…
Mixed inside a Revolutionary War site on a hillside in Bernardsville, New Jersey, is a modest estate with lovely gardens.…
The Waterloo Fields, home to the Waterloo Music Festival in Byram Township, New Jersey. In 1977, Waterloo Village opened an…
The Mr. Local History Project explores the mysterious past of the tiny house on 32 Hillcrest Road, Warren Township. Before…
Often, Mr. Local History doesn't search for stories as those stories find us. Case in point is this weird little…
Peaches Peaches Everywhere Many don't remember that New Jersey, particularly Somerset, Morris, and Hunterdon Counties, were premiere peach orchards with…
As with all Mr. Local History retrospectives, we often update the post when we learn stories and are sent photos…
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