Photos from June 2013 Old Brunswick Town predates the American Revolution and was once an important port along the Cape Fear River. The growing size and importance of nearby Wilmington chipped away at Brunswick’s significance and population. In 1776, the British attacked the town and scattered its few...
Photos taken October 2011 Fort Ticonderoga, if even mentioned in any of your US History textbooks, was probably briefly brought up for a sentence or two in a chapter about the American Revolution. The fort was actually built by the French during the French & Indian War (or...
Fort Mifflin is a unique and, sadly, little known point of interest in Philadelphia. It’s right on the Delaware River; it’s actually next to the Philly Airport. It is a bit of a pain to find, though. You’re definitely going to want to look this one up first. ...
Harsthorne Woods County Park is just a few miles south of Sandy Hook and also has a few bunkers from the same era as those found there. They were built during World War II to protect New York Harbor. The only shots ever fired were for practice. Battery...
This place is trashed. It’s like the state said screw it and gave up maintaining the park. There’s tons of spray paint, the iron gates blocking the inside of the fort have all been broken or have had bars removed, there’s trash everywhere, etc…I was told quite a...
2002 Trip / 2004 Trip Friendly reminder – decent amount of pictures. For you folks with dialup… get broadband already. Seriously. It’s 2006, man. This trip easily destroyed the 2 previous trips I took to Sandy Hook. This time around we met up with a few forum members,...
Don’t know why I didn’t put this up sooner; I took these pictures last year. Just about anyone who passes through downtown Toms River has seen the small waterfront Huddy Park, with a few gazebos, a bridge, and…..a fort? There is a replica blockhouse, or small fort, of...
