New Jersey Attractions and Oddities

All the oddball New Jersey places in RoadsideAmerica.com Visitor Tips, news, stories and field reports. Closed and extinct attractions may be found in Gone But Not Forgotten

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Almonesson: Backyard Fairy Garden
Alpine: Armstrong Tower - Birthplace of FM Broadcasting
Asbury Park: Morro Castle Disaster Memorial
Asbury Park: Paranormal Museum and Bookstore
Asbury Park: Soulful Head of Bruce Springsteen
Atlantic City: Atlantic City Historical Museum
Atlantic City: Chicken Bone Beach
Atlantic City: Frank Sinatra's Used Towel, Enshrined
Atlantic City: Home of the Miss America Pageant
Atlantic City: Lucy the Elephant Made of Jellybeans
Atlantic City: Metal Mr. Peanut Statue
Atlantic City: Skeleton of the Jersey Devil
Atlantic City: The Steel Pier
Atlantic City: Totally Hot Naked Lady Liberty
Atlantic City: World's Largest Pipe Organ Tour
Atlantic Highlands: 9/11 Memorial - Eagle Clutching Mangled I-Beam
Barrington: White Horse Statue on Tall Pole
Bayonne: Giant 9/11 Teardrop Memorial
Bayville: Big Champagne Bottle
Bayville: Dinosaur Statue
Bayville: Little White Car on the Roof
Beemerville: Space Farms Zoo and Museum
Belmar: Springsteen Guitar
Blackwood: Nitro Girl - Uniroyal Gal
Brick: Angel in Anguish
Bridgewater: Hindu Temple
Bridgewater: Warren Harding Ended World War I Here
Buena: Musical Robots
Caldwell: Piece of Grover Cleveland's Wedding Cake
Camden: Battleship New Jersey
Camden: Statue of First Man at the North Pole
Cape May Point: Crumbling Wreck of a Concrete Ship
Cape May: Big Bass in Yard
Cape May: Elaine's Haunted Mansion Restaurant
Cape May: Sea Captain with Peg Leg and Hook
Cape May: The Ugly Mug
Cliffside Park: Palisades Amusement Park Site
Clifton: Cartoon Truck
Columbia: Lakota Wolf Preserve
Cookstown: M56 Scorpion Howitzer
Cresskill: 563 Flu Victims Died Here
Deerfield: Carpet Viking Statue
Denville: Hunan Taste: Gaudy Restaurant
Edison: Light Dispelling Darkness - WPA Art
Edison: Turned-over car
Edison: World's Largest Light Bulb
Egg Harbor City: Big Renault Wine Bottle
Egg Harbor City: Peterson's Garage Sculptures
Egg Harbor Township: 20-Foot-Tall California Raisin
Egg Harbor Township: Storybook Land
Flemington: Northlandz
Florence: Adolf Hitler's Toilet
Forked River: Painted Rock - American Flag Rock
Forked River: Popcorn Park Zoo
Franklin Township: Big Cow of Middlebush
Franklin: Replica Mine and Fluorescent Rock Room
Freehold: Adventure to Health, Transparent Woman
Freehold: Butterfly House
Glendora: Cookie Jar House
Glendora: Gabreil Daveis Tavern - Stains and Spirits
Greenwich: Flying Saucer - Futuro House
Hackensack: Indoor Pep Boys
Hackensack: U.S.S. Ling, World War II Sub
Haddon Heights: Bakery's Fiberglass Menagerie
Haddonfield: World's First Dinosaur Skeleton Discovered Here
Hamburg: Gingerbread Castle
Hammonton: Robot Auto Part Sculptures
Hammonton: Ronald Reagan Rock
Hancocks Bridge: Bayonet Massacre House
Hillside: Elaborate Grave of Singin' Sam
Hoboken: Frank Sinatra Birthplace - Sidewalk Star
Holmdel: United States War Dog Memorial
Holmdel: Vietnam Era Museum & Educational Center
Holmdel: World's Largest Transistor
Holmeson: Dracula Muffler Man
Holmeson: Muffler Man - Halfwit
Jamesburg: Greek's Display World, Stone Museum, and Clown
Jersey City: Carpet-Clutching Muffler Man
Jersey City: Former World's Largest Clock
Jersey City: Polish Massacre Memorial
Jersey City: Techno Echo - Shout in the Megaphone
Jersey City: Tunnels, Crypts -Historic Jersey City Cemetery
Kinnelon: Pole Toppers
Lakehurst: Crash Site of the Hindenburg
Leonardo: Quick Stop seen in the movie "Clerks"
Linden: Mercedes Benz Tombstone
Linwood: Grave of Rex the Wonder Dog
Long Branch: Windmill-Shaped Hot Dog Stand
Longport: Smiley Face Water Tower
Lyndhurst: Heroine of the Kingsland Explosion
Lyndhurst: Medieval Times Dinner Theatre
Magnolia: Muffler Man - Tire Man in Pink
Mantua: Big Chainsaw Dental Sculpture
Manville: World's Largest Bowling Pin - Moved
Margate City: Lucy the Elephant
Marlton: Smiley Face Water Tower
Matawan: Sharkfest - 1916 Shark Attacks Festival
Metuchen: Three Stooges Tombstone
Middletown: Evil Food Circus Clown

Midland Park: Mini-Museum in America's Oldest Magic Shop
Millville: Museum of American Glass
Millville: World's Almost-First Vietnam Memorial
Montclair: Buzz Aldrin Birthplace Rock
Montclair: Statue of Mother
Moorestown: Cornfield Cruiser - USS Rancocas (LS-1)
Moorestown: Nipper Statues - Community Art Project
Morristown: The Guinness Collection of Automata
Mt. Ephraim: Enco/Exxon Tiger
Netcong: Wild West City
New Brunswick: Parking Lot Grave of Sailor's Girl
New Gretna: Big Concrete Champagne Bottle
Newark: Catacombs of St. Joseph
Newark: Giant Steel Hockey Player
Newark: Toll Booth Collector
North Bergen: Pyramid Tomb of C.F. Harms
Northfield: Atlantic City's First Resident, Buried in a Traffic Circle
Ocean City: Muffler Man - Pirate
Ocean City: Noah's Ark
Ogdensburg: Sterling Hill Mining Museum and Tour
Ortley Beach: Muffler Man - Barnacle Bill
Parlin: Mass Grave of World War I Ammo Plant Disaster Victims
Passaic: Virgin Mary stump
Paterson: Lou Costello Statue
Paulsboro: Softball Field Lighthouse
Paulsboro: Statue Covered Lawn
Pennsauken: 9/11 Rescue Workers Tribute
Pennsville: 2,436 Rebels Buried Here
Phillipsburg: Steel Dinosaurs
Plainsboro: Elsie the Cow Exhibit
Plainsboro: Tombstone of Elsie the Cow
Port Monmouth: The Spy House
Princeton Junction: 1938 Martian Landing Site Monument
Princeton Junction: Grave of Austin Powers
Princeton Junction: Water Tower Mistaken for a Martian
Princeton: Big White Backyard Buddha
Princeton: Deadly Love Boat Bell of President and First Lady Tyler
Princeton: Einstein Mini-Museum in Woolens Store
Red Bank: 9/11 Memorial Marker
Red Bank: Buddy Christ Statue, Kevin Smith Shrines
Ringoes: Giant Adirondack Chairs
Ringwood: Mine Shaft
Rio Grande: Statue of One-Legged Franklin Menz
Roosevelt: Colossal Head of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Saddle River: Nixon's Guardhouse And Home Surveillance Control Panel
Sandy Hook: Nike Missile Base Tours
Sayreville: Brick Water Tower - Remember the Brick Factory
Sea Girt: The Intelligent Whale: Ancient Submarine
Seaside Heights: Boardwalk Sideshows
Seaside Heights: Muffler Men Cluster
Seaside Heights: Muffler Men of the Jersey Shore
Secaucus: Field Station: Dinosaurs
Shamong: Mighty Joe the Gorilla
Short Hills: Big Fish
Somerdale: Pele Lindbergh Car Crash Site
Somewhere?: Dog Church - Vague Recollections
Stafford Township: Toast-Serving Hubcap Lady
Tabernacle: Emilio Carranza Crash Monument
Tinton Falls: World Trade Center Replica
Toms River: Akron Airship Disaster Memorial
Toms River: Insectropolis
Toms River: Jersey Clam
Totowa: Light Bulb Grave of World's Greatest Electrician
Trenton: Big Metal Statue of King Lear
Trenton: Grounds for Sculpture
Trenton: Mariachi Band, American Gothic, et al
Trenton: Unconditional Surrender: Supersized Smoochers
Trenton: World's Largest Tooth
Union: World's Tallest Watersphere
Vineland: Fountain of Youth, Statue of Liberty
Vineland: Palace of Depression
Wall: Camp Evans and Marconi Hotel
Wall: Circus Drive-In
Washington: Blue Army Shrine
Wayne: Grave of Lad, a Dog
Weehawken: Death Rock of Alexander Hamilton
West Creek: Chair on a Roof
West Milford: Jungle Habitat
West Trenton: New Jersey State Police Museum
West Windsor: War of the Worlds Coffee Shop
Westfield: Addams Family House
Westville: Totem Pole
Wildwood Crest: Doo Wop Capital of the World - Caribbean Motel
Wildwood: Castle Dracula Coat of Arms
Wildwood: Doo Wop Museum
Wildwood: Ghost Ship
Wildwood: Haunted Christmas Gift Shop
Wildwood: Uncle Bill's Pancake House Mural
Wildwood: Wildwood Boardwalk Chapel
Wildwood: Wildwood Doo Wop Architecture Tour
Williamstown: Hub Cap Tree
Winslow: Blue Hole
Winslow: Muffler Man - Happy Halfwit
Winslow: Tiny Church
Wood-Ridge: Bronze Statue of Rosie the Riveter
Woodstown: Companion Cow to Muffler Man
Woodstown: Large Rocking Chair
Woodstown: Muffler Man - Rodeo Cowboy

Gone But Not Forgotten

Closed and extinct places to remember, even if it's just to milk them for one more chuckle...

Absecon: Ship House - Gone
Asbury Park: Tillie the Clown, Bumper Car Ladies - Gone
Atlantic City: Statue of Lenin - Gone
Augusta: Hot Dog Man
Cape May Point: Wreck of a 200-Year-Old British Warship
East Brunswick: Mary Murray Ferry Derelict - Gone
East Hamilton Township: Adventure Village
Englishtown: 9-ft. tall Arabian Giantess
Farmingdale: Car Parts Dinosaurs
Franklin Lakes: Gravity-Defying Exit Ramp - Gone
Jersey City: World's Largest Cat - Gone

Keansburg: Wheel of Food - Closed
Lambertville: Penis Bone Display - Gone
Lumberton: Babylonian Fertility God Demon - Gone
Mahwah: Jackson Whites Legend
Mays Landing: Milk Jug Lady - Gone
Newark: Beer Bottle Water Tower - Gone
Oak Ridge: Fairy Tale Forest - Closed
Trenton: Capital Punishment Museum - Closed
Wayne: Fountains of Wayne - Gone
Wildwood: Castle Dracula And Dungeon Boat Ride - Burned!

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