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Nitro Girl, Patriotic Nodder
Blackwood - It’s a gew-gaw that would look sassy on the dashboard of any Roadside fan: a Nitro Girl bobblehead, patterned after a star-spangled tire-clutching titan siren who stands outside a tire store in Blackwood, New Jersey. Full story
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Featured Attractions
U.S.S. Ling, WWII Sub
Hackensack, New Jersey
Floating in the Hackensack River. Make sure to continuously duck when you take the tour.
Hitler's Toilet
Florence, New Jersey
The crapper from Hitler's personal yacht still flushes at Greg's Auto Repair.
Hindenburg Crash Site
Lakehurst, New Jersey
Largest Nazi zeppelin lost it here in 1937. See the memorial and the museum.
Mighty Joe the Gorilla
Shamong, New Jersey
Beach colossus rehabilitated as an inland memorial to departed Mighty Joe.
Space Farms Zoo and Museum
Beemerville, New Jersey
The stuffed carcass of Goliath is one of the treasures to be examined at this free museum of stuff.
World's Largest Light Bulb
Edison - Menlo Park, New Jersey
More than you really need to know about the Wizard of Menlo Park, Thomas Edison, in a small museum next to the light bulb tower.
Northlandz
Flemington, New Jersey
Epic-proportioned miniature railroad attraction built by the guy who also plays the organs at the center of Northlandz.
Sterling Hill Mining Museum
Ogdensburg, New Jersey
Enter authentic zinc mine, see fake coal. Includes Thomas S. Warren Museum of Fluorescence.
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Landmarks and Oddities List
Vacation Favorites
Notable places we've visited or heard about.
- Absecon: The Ship House [tips]
- Atlantic Highlands: 9/11 Eagle Clutching I-Beam
- Bayville: Champagne Bottle [tips]
- Bayville: Dinosaur [tips]
- Beemerville: Goliath the Bear, Space Farms
- Caldwell: Grover Cleveland's Wedding Cake [tips]
- Cape May: Concrete Ship
- Cape May: The Ugly Mug [tips]
- Cape May Point: HMS Martin Shipwreck [tips]
- Edison/Menlo Park: World's Largest Incandescent Light Bulb
- Flemington: Northlandz [tips]
- Florence: Hitler's Toilet.
- Franklin: Franklin Mineral Museum
- Franklin Lakes: Gravity Hill [tips]
- Grovers Mill: Martian Landing Site
- Hackensack: U.S.S. Ling, World War II Sub
- Haddonfield: First Dinosaur [tips]
- Gloucester Township - Hilltop: Nitro Girl
- Holmdel: Transistor Water Tower
- Holmdel: Vietnam Era Education Center
- Hutchinson Mills: World's Largest Tooth
- Lacy Township: Popcorn Park Zoo [tips]
- Lakehurst: Hindenburg Crash Site
- Linden: Mercedes Benz Gravestone
- Lyndhurst: Medieval Times
- Margate: Lucy the Elephant and renovations
- Middletown: Evil Food Circus Clown [tips]
- Millville: Museum of American Glass
- May's Landing - Mizpah: Milk Jug Lady [tips]
- Monroe: World's Tallest Clown, Greek's Playland and Display World
- Netcong: Wild West City [tips]
- Newark: Catacombs of St. Joseph
- Ogdensburg: Sterling Hill Mining Museum
- Paterson: Lou Costello Statue
- Plainsboro: Elsie the Cow's Grave [tips]
- Pompton Lakes: Lad, a dog grave
- Red Bank: Buddy Christ Statue
- Rio Grande: One-legged Statue at Menz's
- Rancocas: Cornfield Cruiser [tips]
- Sandy Hook: Nike Missile Base
- Sea Girt: Intelligent Whale - A Submarine
- Seaside Heights: Muffler Men Cluster
- Shamong: Mighty Joe the Gorilla
- Tabernacle: Emilio Carranza Crash Site Monument
- Toms River: Insectropolis
- Union: World's Tallest Freestanding Watersphere [tips]
- Upper Deerfield Twsp: Carpet Viking Statue
- Vineland: Palace of Depression | Rebuilding | Fun Facts about George Daynor [tips]
- Weehawken: Death Rock of Alexander Hamilton
- West Trenton: New Jersey State Police Museum
- Wildwood: Pancake House mural [tips]
