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2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Edison, New Jersey

Updated November 18, 2022

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Menlo Park Lightbulb

A giant light 13 feet high shines near Thomas Edison's old Menlo Park lab.

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Hoopar Brothers Gravestone

In a New Jersey cemetery, the final resting place of two brothers who fell victim to a deadly mushroom.

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The gravesite among the asphalt.

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Evans/Ellis Cemetery

Seven people are buried in the middle of what's now a movie theater parking lot.

2 miles from Edison

The Spider Crab hanging on the second floor balcony of the museum.

New Brunswick, New Jersey

Japanese Giant Spider Crab

This exoskeleton was gifted to Rutgers University by Japan for its role in educating some of the first Japanese citizens to study outside the country.

2 miles from Edison

Cornelius Low House

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Cornelius Low House

One of the last-standing and most prominent structures from a long-lost colonial port community.

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East Jersey Old Town Village

A historic town sits upon the site of a long-lost 18th-century trading community.

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Centennial Rock with the carvings “E Suydam 1876 M Danbury Centennial Year.” Followed by the mysterious cypher. Unfortunately, weathering and possible vandalism has made much of the carving illegible. Early images of the carving in a better state of preservation can be viewed here: https://weirdnj.com/stories/cryptic-carvings-along-lawrence-brook/

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Lawrence Brook Carvings

A mixture of strange symbols, ciphers, words and cryptograms carved in 1876 remain unsolved to this day.

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