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.
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Volume 7 – Issue 3 – Fall Edition Articles:
Local Horror Tales and Ghost Stories Special Edition Magazine
Views: 25,750💬 Leave a Comment | View 0 Comments 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…
Day Trips – Four Historic Fall Locations You Must See
Views: 11,278💬 Leave a Comment | View 0 Comments. The 2026 Fall Foliage Map is the ultimate visual planning guide to the annual progression of leaf change. While no tool is 100% accurate, this tool helps travelers time their trips to maximize…
The Ross Farm is Still Defending Liberty and Independence 250 Years Later
Views: 5,834💬 Leave a Comment | View 0 CommentsLewis – 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…
Bring Back the Thanksgiving Ridge vs. Bernards Turkey Bowl
Views: 4,422💬 Leave a Comment | View 0 CommentsThe 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…
Year End Giving Really Matters This Year-We Need Your Support
Views: 3,684💬 Leave a Comment | View 0 CommentsAs 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…
Fall Beauty in our Community – Photos Over the Years
Views: 2,386💬 Leave a Comment | View 0 Comments🍁 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.…
Bill Beatty and the Hills Haunted Phareloch Castle
Views: 21,802💬 Leave a Comment | View 10 CommentsTucked 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…
What’s The Pocono Plateau- Visiting a Beautiful Ice Age Remnant
Views: 3,630💬 Leave a Comment | View 0 CommentsWhile 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,…
TROG – The Race of Gentlemen – Pure Jersey History Right in Front of Your Eyes
Views: 27,912💬 Leave a Comment | View 0 Comments 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,…
High Point State Park was Donated by Bernardsville Family
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…
Haunted Tales From Central New Jersey #3
Views: 4,966💬 Leave a Comment | View 2 CommentsBelieve 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…
Remembering Warren’s Schwäbische Alb – a Jersey Oktoberfest Institution
Views: 16,355💬 Leave a Comment | View 10 Comments 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…
Blairsden- The Horror, The Nuns and Other Urban Legends
Views: 75,048💬 Leave a Comment | View 11 CommentsWeird 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…
10 More Haunted Tales From Central New Jersey
Views: 17,526💬 Leave a Comment | View 0 CommentsBelieve 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…
Haunted Roots – The Horror Tale of the Devil Tree in Central New Jersey
Views: 10,259💬 Leave a Comment | View 0 Comments 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…
Far Hills Race Meeting is Real Social Jersey History
Views: 29,878At the 105th Far Hills Race Meeting on October 17, 2026, jockeys will compete for a total purse of $825,000, up $50,000 from 2025 and the highest purse total on the 2026 steeplechase circuit. The six-race program includes the…
Fall Day Trip – Historic Mohonk Mountain “House”, New Paltz, New York
Views: 35,997💬 Leave a Comment | View 1 CommentNestled in the Catskill Mountains in the southern portion of New York State lies the historic Mohonk Mountain House, also known to locals as the Mohonk Mountain Resort. The Resort is anything…
