A Q&A with Judge Nelson Johnson, whose book—Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City—was made into an HBO miniseries. ...
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Black market nylon stockings? There was a time and a place when they were extremely valued. ...
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The Southern Mansion—another Cape May B&B—offers guests the royal treatment in terms of stately accommodations and modern accouterments. ...
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The Woolverton Inn sits on a vastly upgraded 10-acre property in Stockton and features two structures—one that mimics the look of an old barn, and one resembling a carriage house. It's a quaint bed and breakfast in a pastoral setting. ...
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An early trove for paleontologists, the Garden State remains rife with opportunities for fossil hunters....
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A ten-part HBO miniseries in the style of Band of Brothers will document the wartime exploits of Raritan native John Basilone in the Pacific theater. ...
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From tea dances to murder mystery dinners, Cape May’s Victorian Week will put you in a gingerbread frame of mind. ...
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Like one of those Russian dolls, where each comes apart to expose another within, Batsto Village, nestled in the pine forests of Burlington County, is a many-layered Jersey pleasure....
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In the midst of a struggling urban center, you can witness nature at its powerful and beautiful best at the Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park....
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Edison’s West Orange lab re-opens its doors after a five-year renovation. ...
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Tour the grounds where Washington’s (shivering) army slept....
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80 years ago, a young outfielder from New Jersey helped Philadelphia win the World Series....
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“To some people, dusty old books are often just dusty old things to get rid of,” says Shaw, a reference librarian at the New Jersey State Library in Trenton....
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A 63-year-old Morristown volunteer firefighter is on a one-man crusade to save one of the town’s two antique fire trucks....
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Thanks to Tom Meyers, founder of the Fort Lee Film Commission, proof that New Jersey pioneered the movie business is out of the dusty history books and in the can....
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This month we recall Governor Brendan Byrne’s 1979 signing of the Pinelands Protection Act, put forth to end construction in unspoiled portions of Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, and Ocean counties....
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Must-know facts for New Jerseyans....
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Thomas Edison is one of the Garden State’s adopted sons and on the 75th anniversary of his death, there is still plenty of light to shine on his life....
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When the S.S. Morro Castle set sail on her maiden voyage in August 1930, she was hailed as one of the most luxurious vessels of her day....
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Upon his death in 1955, Albert Einstein's brain was removed for study. Then it disappeared. Twenty-three years later, the senior editor of New Jersey Monthly finally tracked it down in the unlikeliest of places. ...
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