Like the swallows returning to San Juan Capistrano in California every spring, polka lovers flock to Wildwood every summer for the annual Polka Spree by the Sea (polkaspree.com).

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As a musical group, the Original Hobo Band is known as much for its colorfully mismatched uniforms as for its lively performances.

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The ground looks different to one who walks barefoot. “I watch out for black dots and pink dots,” says Ron Blechner, speaking of sidewalks.

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Overshadowed by the Garden State’s more iconic crops, cranberries often don’t get their due until Thanksgiving. How many New Jerseyans know that their state ranks third in cranberry production, behind only Wisconsin and Massachusetts?

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Shhh! Keep it down.” that could be the slogan for Ocean City’s annual Quiet Festival, a celebration of silence set for the weekend of November 16 to 18.

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