Jersey City, New Jersey
Morris Canal
Once considered a marvel of engineering, this 107-mile canal played an integral role in building New York City.
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Jersey City, New Jersey
Once considered a marvel of engineering, this 107-mile canal played an integral role in building New York City.
Hamburg, New Jersey
An approximately 500 million-year-old rock outcropping covered in fossilized bacteria.
Alpine, New Jersey
Said to be haunted, this tower was constructed by a sugar importer as a gift to his wife.
Asbury Park, New Jersey
Memorial to the 137 lives lost on a ship fire, the whole hulk of which washed up on the Asbury Park shore.
Jersey City, New Jersey
This evocative New Jersey statue memoralizes the Polish victims of a Soviet massacre.
West Orange, New Jersey
Thomas Edison's home and final resting place also boasts an impressive garage, where some of the earliest electric cars are on display.
Barnegat Township, New Jersey
One of the oldest surviving bars in the United States, located at the site of the last skirmish of the American Revolution.
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Hundreds of iconic jazz records were made in this church-like space.
Jersey City, New Jersey
Filled with history, this cemetery is maintained each summer by a few hungry goats.
West Orange, New Jersey
Take a step into the workshop where Edison and his employees revolutionized the world.
Trenton, New Jersey
This Delaware River bridge is emblazoned with a catty slogan from a more prosperous time.
Carlstadt, New Jersey
Infamous marsh filled with toxic waste, World War II-era London rubble, and dead mobsters galore.
Tabernacle, New Jersey
Rising out of a clearing in New Jersey's Pine Barrens is an Aztec-inspired monument to the "Lindbergh of Mexico."
Jersey City, New Jersey
On the Hudson resides one of the largest clocks in the world.
Rutherford, New Jersey
Originally built in 1869, this castle is currently part of Felician University's campus.
Hoboken, New Jersey
A bronze plaque at an intersection in Hoboken marks the place where the game of baseball first took shape.
Rutherford, New Jersey
Seven golden statues rise into the sky from sculptor Victor Victori's New Jersey front lawn.
Jersey City, New Jersey
A simple plaque remembers an act of WWI terrorism that obliterated an island and forever scarred the Statue of Liberty.
Chatsworth, New Jersey
How this Pine Barrens hill got its name is uncertain, but on a good day the view from the fire tower is crystal clear.
Linwood, New Jersey
This quaint New Jersey graveyard is an eternal resting place for thousands of beloved pets.
Stockton, New Jersey
New Jersey's last historic covered bridge was rebuilt from pieces of the original 19th-century structure.
Bayonne, New Jersey
World Trade Center memorial likened to a woman's sexual organ.
Paterson, New Jersey
In the power of this waterfall, Alexander Hamilton saw the potential for industry.
Highlands, New Jersey
These unassuming lighthouses have seen the first reading of the Pledge of Allegiance, the first wireless transmission, and more than one mystery.