Category: New Jersey

Not much to say about this one. I came here originally to get some better pics of the Crabbe Cemetery, but I figured since Allaire,… read more Double Trouble

Allaire was the home of Howell Ironworks from the early to mid 1800’s. Once it was realized coal from Pennsylvania was more practical than bog… read more Allaire Village

Whitesbog was founded around 1870 and produced a blueberries & cranberries well into the 20th century. The town is surprisingly well-preserved. The general store even… read more Whitesbog Village

In Wharton State Forest is another restored town, Batsto. Batsto was a bog iron & glassmaking town from the 1760’s to the 1860’s. There are… read more Batsto

For those of you who don’t already know what the Palace Depression is, Roadside America has some nice writeups. I heard about the reconstruction of… read more Palace Depression

2002 Trip / 2006 Trip I’m glad I came back here; we found a lot that I missed on the previous trips. First thing we… read more Sandy Hook 2004

11/03 Updated on 4/05 The lighthouse guide in Cape May told me a brief history about the bunker. It’s from one of the world wars… read more Bunker on Cape May Point Beach

I was a bit disappointed. There’s not much of it left above water. The ship, S.S. Atlantus, was an experiment from WWI. After a few… read more Concrete Shipwreck S.S. Atlantus