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: Tillie the Clown, Bumper Car Ladies
Atlantic City: Chicken Bone Beach
Atlantic City: Frank Sinatra's Used Towel, White House Sub Shop
Atlantic City: Jellybean Lucy the Elephant
Atlantic City: Jersey Devil Skeleton
Atlantic City: Mr. Peanut Statue
Atlantic City: Statue Of Lenin
Atlantic City: Steel Pier
Atlantic City: World's Largest Pipe Organ Tour
Atlantic Highlands: 9/11 Memorial - Eagle Clutching Mangled I-Beam
Augusta: Hot Dog Man
Barrington: The White Horse
Bayonne: Giant 9/11 Memorial with Teardrop
Bayville: Big Champagne Bottle
Bayville: Dinosaur Statue
Bayville: Little White Car on the Roof
Beemerville: Space Farms Zoo and Museum
Blackwood: Nitro Girl - Uniroyal Gal
Bridgewater: Hindu Temple
Buena: Musical Robots
Caldwell: Piece of Grover Cleveland's Wedding Cake
Camden: Stained Glass "Nipper"
Cape May Point: Crumbling Wreck of a Concrete Ship
Cape May Point: Strange Wreck of a 200-Year-Old British Warship
Cape May: Sea Captain with Peg Leg and Hook
Cape May: The Ugly Mug
Clark: Cell Phone Tree Towers
Cliffside Park: Palisades Amusement Park Site
Clifton: Cartoon Truck
Columbia: Lakota Wolf Preserve
Edison: Light Dispelling Darkness - WPA Project
Edison: Turned-over car
Edison: World's Largest Light Bulb
Egg Harbor City: Peterson's Garage Sculptures
Egg Harbor City: Renault Wine Bottle
Egg Harbor Twp.: Storybook Land
Farmingdale: Car Parts Dinosaurs
Flemington: Northlandz
Florence: Adolf Hitler's Toilet
Forked River: Popcorn Park Zoo
Franklin Twp: Big Cow of Middlebush
Franklin: Franklin Mineral Museum - Replica Mine and Fluorescent Room
Freehold: Adventure to Health, Transparent Woman
Freehold: Butterfly House
Gillette: Grave of Leo the Lion
Glendora: Cookie Jar House
Glendora: Gabreil Daveis Tavern - Stains and Spirits
Greenwich: Flying Saucer
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
Hammonton: Robot Auto Part Sculptures
Hammonton: Ronald Reagan Rock
Hoboken: Frank Sinatra Birthplace
Holmdel: Vietnam Era Educational Center
Holmdel: World's Largest Transistor
Holmeson: Dracula Muffler Man
Holmeson: Muffler Man - Half Wit
Jamesburg: Greek's Display World, Stone Museum and Clown
Jersey City: Carpet-Clutching Muffler Man
Jersey City: World's Largest Clock
Kinnelon: Pole Toppers
Lakehurst: Hindenburg Crash Site
Leonardo: Quick Stop seen in the movie "Clerks"
Linden: Mercedes Benz Grave
Linwood: Grave of Rex the Wonder Dog
Long Branch: Haunted House Rides of NJ - Vague Recollections
Longport: Smiley Face Water Tower
Lumberton: Babylonian Fertility God Demon
Lyndhurst: Kingsland Explosion of 1917
Lyndhurst: Medieval Times
Magnolia: Muffler Man - Tire Man

Mantua: Giant Wooden Dental Sculpture
Manville: World's Largest Bowling Pin - Moved
Margate City: Lucy the Elephant
Marlton: Smiley Face Water Tower
Matawan: Sharkfest - 1916 Shark Attacks
Middletown: Evil Food Circus Clown
Midland Park: America's Oldest Magic Shop - Mini-Museum
Millville: Museum of American Glass
Moorestown: Cornfield Cruiser - USS Rancocas (LS-1)
Moorestown: Nipper Statues - Community Art Project
Mt. Ephraim: Enco/Exxon Tiger
Netcong: Wild West City
New Brunswick: Mary Murray Ferry Derelict
New Brunswick: Parking Lot Grave of Sailor's Girl
New Gretna: Big Champagne Bottle
Newark: Catacombs Of St. Joseph
Newark: Giant Steel Hockey Player
Northfield: Atlantic City's First Resident, Buried in a Traffic Circle
Ocean City: Muffler Man - Pirate
Ogdensburg: Sterling Hill Mining Museum
Ortley Beach: Muffler Man - Barnacle Bill
Passaic: Virgin Mary stump
Patterson: Lou Costello Statue
Pennsauken: Big Man with a Tire in His Hand - Vague Recollections
Phillipsburg: Steel Dinosaurs
Plainsboro: Elsie the Cow Exhibit
Plainsboro: Elsie the Cow's Grave
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
Red Bank: 9/11 Memorial Marker
Red Bank: Buddy Christ Statue
Ringwood: Mine Shaft
Rio Grande: One-Legged Statue of Franklin Menz
Roosevelt: Giant Bust of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Saddle River: Nixon's Guardhouse And Home Surveillance Control Panel
Sandy Hook: Nike Missile Base Tours
Sea Girt: Intelligent Whale - A Submarine
Seaside Heights: Boardwalk Sideshows
Seaside Heights: Muffler Men Cluster
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 memorial replica
Toms River: Insectropolis
Trenton: Grounds for Sculpture
Trenton: World's Largest Tooth
Union: World's Tallest Watersphere
Upper Deerfield Township: Carpet Viking Statue
Vineland: Fountain of Youth, Statue of Liberty
Vineland: Palace of Depression
Wayne: Grave of Lad, a Dog
Weehawken: Death Rock of Alexander Hamilton
West Creek: Chair on a Roof
West Milford: Jungle Habitat
West Trenton: NJ State Police Museum
Westfield: Addams Family House
Westville: Totem Pole
Wildwood Crest: Doo Wop Capital of the World - Caribbean Motel
Wildwood: Castle Dracula Coat of Arms
Wildwood: Giant Lady
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 - Vague Recollections
Winslow: Muffler Man Halfwit
Winslow: Tiny Church
Woodstown: Companion Cow to Muffler Man
Woodstown: Rodeo Muffler Man

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
East Hamilton Township: Adventure Village
Englishtown: 9-ft. tall Arabian Giantess
Franklin Lakes: Gravity-Defying Exit Ramp - Gone
Hamburg: Gingerbread Castle
Jersey City: World's Largest Cat - Gone
Keansburg: Wheel of Food - Closed
Lambertville: Penis Bone Display - 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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