We had read about something strange among the dunes near Strathmere, just north of Sea Isle City. While not very large and not necessarily worth the drive from Bayville, it sure is…..different. From the road, it just looks like a high part of the dunes – with a...
Originally visited in June 2004 I’ve been wanting to come back to Grassy Sound ever since I first visited because it’s such a unique place. The first thing I noticed this time around was that the boardwalk’s holes had all been repaired; we ended up walking to the...
Grassy Sound is a virtually unknown town in southern NJ. Just minutes from Wildwood and Cape May, the residents enjoy the summer with no tourists or traffic in their town. How’s that? Besides being somewhat hidden, the town has no roads. A boardwalk connects all the houses (we...
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 (forget which one). Back then, it was actually under the sand, with 900 feet of beach in front of it. Think about that....
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 trips across the Atlantic to bring soldiers back home, the concrete ship proved to be near-useless (it was concrete, afterall). The ship was...
Photos from 2003 & 2009 Originally posted 2003, updated 12/10 I didn’t even know about this place until I went to the Cape May Lighthouse and saw it off in the distance. The guide at the top of the lighthouse told me a bit about the history of...
