Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near New Jersey

While in New Jersey, you might enjoy a visit to:

Hometown Philly boy became an opera tenor and movie star, but died at age 38.
~21 miles from Monroeville.

A neighborhood museum dedicated to the human party favors -- The Mummers -- who parade through Philadelphia each New Year's Day.
~21 miles from Monroeville.

Expedition leader Robert Peary used to get all the credit, but Matthew Henson is honored with a statue acknowledging he was more-than-likely the first explorer to set foot on the North Pole.
~20 miles from Monroeville.

Claes Oldenburg's 1970 sculpture, "Giant Three Way Plug, Scale A," is 10-ft long, made of Cor-Ten steel and bronze. Plugged in near the museum since 2010.
~23 miles from Monroeville.

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