Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near New Jersey

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

Two Happy Half-Wits and a Bunyan, fiberglass giants all, patrol this boardwalk amusement stretch of the Jersey Shore. Some weathered Hurricane Sandy and the boardwalk fire; some didn't.
~7 miles from Toms River.

Old Bell Labs water tower shaped like the world's first production transistor, a revolutionary technology invented in 1947. In front of Eero Saarinen-designed glass sarcophagus.
~29 miles from Toms River.

A beach jungle colossus, 25 feet tall, rehabilitated as an inland memorial to a beloved son, "Mighty Joe."
~30 miles from Toms River.

After years of darkness, it was turned back on Oct. 24, 2015. It's perched atop an Art Deco tower, which stands where Thomas Edison once had a workshop. A small museum next door is packed with Edison inventions.
~43 miles from Toms River.

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