New Jersey Attractions and Oddities
All the weird attractions, hidden sights, and unusual places in New Jersey. Visitor Tips, news, stories, field reports. City roadtrip recommendations: Atlantic City
Also see: Gone But Not Forgotten - Closed classic attractions
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Almonesson: Backyard Fairy Garden
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Asbury Park: Eyeless Lizard-Skin JFK Head
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Asbury Park: Giant Watering Playground
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Asbury Park: Morro Castle Disaster Memorial
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Asbury Park: Paranormal Museum and Bookstore
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Asbury Park: Silverball Pinball Museum
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Asbury Park: Tillie at The Wonder Bar
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Asbury: Birthplace of Liver-Eating Johnson
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Atlantic City: Bert Parks Crowns You Miss America
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Atlantic City: Caesar's Horse-Drawn Chariot
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Atlantic City: Chicken Bone Beach
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Atlantic City: Frank Sinatra's Used Towel, Enshrined
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Atlantic City: Home of the Miss America Pageant
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Atlantic City: Miss America Crowns You
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Atlantic City: The Steel Pier
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Atlantic City: Totally Hot Lady Liberty
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Atlantic City: Tour the World's Largest Musical Instrument
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Atlantic Highlands: 9/11 Memorial - Eagle Clutching Mangled I-Beam
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Avenel: Hulking Robotoid Fireman of Metal
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Bayonne: Chuck Wepner: The Bayonne Bleeder
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Bayonne: Giant 9/11 Teardrop Memorial
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Bayville: Big Champagne Bottle
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Bayville: Cosmos Tow Truck on Roof
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Bayville: The Bayville Dinosaur
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Beach Haven: Giant Salt Water Taffy
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Beachwood: Diner Dinosaur
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Beemerville: Space Farms Zoo and Museum
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Belmar: Alan the Robot
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Belmar: Springsteen Guitar
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Berkeley Heights: Deserted Village of Feltville
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Blackwood: Nitro Girl: Uniroyal SuperGal
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Brick: Angel in Anguish
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Bridgewater: Hindu Temple
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Buena: Musical Robots
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Buttzville: Hot Dog Johnny's
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Caldwell: Piece of Grover Cleveland's Wedding Cake
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Camden: Battleship New Jersey
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Camden: Statue of First Man at the North Pole
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Camden: The Coolidge Tree: More than a Name
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Cape May Point: Crumbling Wreck of a Concrete Ship
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Cape May: Climb the Anti-Sub Tower, See the Dummies
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Cape May: Elaine's Haunted Mansion Restaurant
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Cape May: Memorial Statue to Dead Fishermen
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Cape May: The Ugly Mug
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Carteret: Beatles Mural from the 1970s
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Cliffside Park: Palisades Amusement Park Site
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Colts Neck: Phalanx Utopian Community
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Columbia: Lakota Wolf Preserve
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Cookstown: M56 Scorpion Howitzer
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Cresskill: 563 Flu Victims Died Here
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Deerfield: Carpet Viking Statue
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Denville: Hunan Taste: Gaudy Restaurant
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Eatontown: Stumpy's Hatchet House
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Edison: Light Dispelling Darkness - WPA Art
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Edison: Turned-Over Car
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Edison: World's 2nd Largest Light Bulb
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Egg Harbor City: Big Renault Wine Bottle
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Egg Harbor City: Junk Sculptures: Peterson's Garage
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Egg Harbor Township: 20-Foot-Tall California Raisin
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Egg Harbor Township: Storybook Land
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Elizabeth: Obscure Challenger Memorial
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Flemington: Northlandz
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Forked River: Painted Rock - American Flag Rock
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Forked River: Popcorn Park Zoo
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Franklin Township: Big Cow of Middlebush
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Franklin: Mine Replica, Glow-in-the-Dark Rocks
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Franklin: Zinc Miner Statue
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Freehold: Adventure to Health, Transparent Woman
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Freehold: Bogus Molly Pitcher Spring
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Freehold: Bread Dough Lincoln
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Gillette: Grave of Leo the Lion
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Glassboro: Knowledge is Power
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Glendora: Cookie Jar House: A-Bomb Proof
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Glendora: Gabreil Daveis Tavern - Stains and Spirits
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Great Meadows: Shades of Death Road
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Greenwich: Tea Burners Monument
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Grovers Mill: Martian Landing Site Monument
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Grovers Mill: Water Tower Mistaken for a Martian
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Haddon Heights: Bakery's Fiberglass Menagerie
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Haddonfield: First Dinosaur Discovered
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Haddonfield: Statue of World's First Dinosaur
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Hainesport: Big Rusty the Troll
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Hamburg: Gingerbread Castle
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Hammonton: Robot Auto Part Sculptures
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Hammonton: Ronald Reagan Rock
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Hancocks Bridge: Bayonet Massacre House
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Harvey Cedars: Big Clam Shell
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Hightstown: US Army Parachute Test Platoon Monument
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Hillside: Elaborate Grave of Singin' Sam
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Hoboken: Frank Sinatra Birthplace Star
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Holmdel: Father of Radio Astronomy - Jansky Monument
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Holmdel: United States War Dog Memorial
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Holmdel: Vietnam Era Museum & Educational Center
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Holmdel: World's Largest Transistor
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Jersey City: Carpet-Clutching Muffler Man
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Jersey City: Former World's Largest Clock
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Jersey City: Polish Massacre Memorial
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Jersey City: Quiet! Water's Soul Hushes NYC
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Jersey City: Tunnels, Crypts - Historic Jersey City Cemetery
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Kearny: Four Chaplains Monument
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Lafayette: Hachi, Loyal Dog of Japan
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Lakehurst: Crash Site of the Hindenburg
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Lakehurst: Hindenburg, Jersey Devil, Stuffed Dog
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Lambertville: Grave of Washington's Last Pallbearer
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Landisville: Shrine of Padre Pio, Saintly Stigmatic
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Leonardo: Quick Stop seen in the movie "Clerks"
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Leonia: Field Station: Dinosaurs
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Liberty Corner: Golf Club used on the Moon
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Linden: Mercedes Benz Tombstone
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Linwood: Grave of Rex the Wonder Dog
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Long Branch: Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run" House
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Long Branch: President Garfield Died Here
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Long Branch: Windmill-Shaped Hot Dog Stand
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Longport: Smiley Face Water Tower
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Lumberton: Air Victory Museum
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Lyndhurst: Heroine of the Kingsland Explosion
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Lyndhurst: Medieval Times Dinner Theatre
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Magnolia: Muffler Man: Tire Guy
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Manchester: Brooksbrae Brick Factory Art
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Maplewood: Ultimate Frisbee Monument
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Margate City: Food Truck-Shaped Building
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Margate City: Lucy the Elephant
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Marlton: Smiley Face Water Tower
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Matawan: Matawan Creek Shark Mural
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Matawan: Shark Attack Monument
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Matawan: Shark Attack Plaque
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Mays Landing: Hubcap Pyramid
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Metuchen: Three Stooges Tombstone
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Middletown: Evil Food Circus Clown
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Middletown: Vito Genovese's Mount Vesuvius Volcano
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Middletown: WW2 Coastal Battery Big Gun
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Millville: Museum of American Glass
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Millville: World's Almost-First Vietnam Memorial
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Montclair: Buzz Aldrin Rock
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Montclair: Grave of Mother
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Montclair: Large Head, Ear To Ground
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Moorestown: Cornfield Cruiser - USS Rancocas (LS-1)
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Moorestown: Flexible Flyer Museum
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Moorestown: Nipper Statues: Dog With Roots
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Morris Plains: 9/11 Memorial
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Morristown: Frank and Buddy, Seeing Eye Dog
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Morristown: The Guinness Collection of Automata
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Mount Holly: 200-Year-Old Haunted Prison
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Mount Laurel: Steve Sabol and his NFL Camera
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Netcong: Wild West City
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New Brunswick: Parking Lot Grave of "Brandy"
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New Brunswick: Site of Tree from Joyce Kilmer's "Trees"
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New Gretna: Big Concrete Champagne Bottle
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Newark: Catacombs of St. Joseph
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Newark: Giant Steel Hockey Player
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Newark: Toll Booth Collector
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Newfield: Matchbox Road Museum
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North Bergen: Pyramid Tomb of C.F. Harms
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North Wildwood: Lollipop Motel
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Northfield: Atlantic City's First Resident, Buried in a Traffic Circle
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Oak Ridge: Fairy Tale Forest Entrance
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Ocean City: Muffler Man - Pirate
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Ocean City: Noah's Ark
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Ogdensburg: Mine Tour, Largest Display of Fluorescent Rocks
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Ortley Beach: Muffler Man - Barnacle Bill
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Palisades Park: Memorial to Korean Comfort Women of WWII
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Paramus: Washington Kneeling in Prayer
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Parlin: Mass Grave of World War I Ammo Plant Disaster Victims
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Paterson: Lou Costello Statue
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Paulsboro: Softball Field Lighthouse
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Paulsboro: Statue Covered Lawn
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Pennsauken: 9/11 Rescue Workers Tribute
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Pennsville: 2,436 Rebels Buried Here
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Perth Amboy: Terra Cotta Washington
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Phillipsburg: Steel Dinosaurs
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Plainsboro: Elsie the Cow Exhibit
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Plainsboro: Tombstone of Elsie the Cow
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Port Monmouth: The Spy House
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Princeton: 30-Foot-Tall Backyard Buddha
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Princeton: Deadly Love Boat Bell of President and First Lady Tyler
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Raritan: Manila John Basilone, Hero of Guadalcanal
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Raritan: Warren Harding Ended World War I Here
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Red Bank: 9/11 Memorial Marker
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Red Bank: Buddy Christ Statue, Kevin Smith Shrines
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Red Bank: Iron Workers on Lunch Break Sculpture
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Richland: Carved Tree of History
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Ringwood: Mine Shaft
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Rio Grande: Face on the Roof
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Rio Grande: Statue of One-Legged Franklin Menz
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River Vale: USS Enterprise Nameplate
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Roosevelt: Colossal Head of FDR
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Runnemede: Mr. Softee Truck on Roof
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Rutherford: Multiplism Yard Art
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Saddle River: Nixon's Guardhouse
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Sandy Hook: Nike Missile Base Tours
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Sandy Hook: Nike Missile Explosion Memorial
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Sayreville: Brick Water Tower - Remember the Brick Factory
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Sea Girt: The Intelligent Whale: Ancient Submarine
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Seaside Heights: Boardwalk Fried Delicacies
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Seaside Heights: Muffler Man, Formerly Men
- Seaside Heights: Muffler Men of the Jersey Shore
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Shamong: Mighty Joe the Gorilla
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South Amboy: Jon Bon Jovi Rest Stop
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South Bound Brook: Ukrainian Tombstones and Tributes
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Stanhope: Waterloo Village: Ghost Town
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Tabernacle: Emilio Carranza Crash Monument
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Tinton Falls: World Trade Center Replica
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Toms River: Akron Airship Disaster Memorial
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Toms River: Carrier USS Randolph Anchor
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Toms River: Family on the Half-Shell
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Toms River: Insectropolis
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Toms River: Jersey Clam
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Toms River: Movie Amityville Horror House
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Totowa: Chapel of the Droopy Crosses
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Totowa: Light Bulb Grave of World's Greatest Electrician
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Trenton: American Gothic
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Trenton: Grounds for Sculpture: Giant Statues
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Trenton: Poe-Inspired Tombstone
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Trenton: White City Staircase
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Union: World's Tallest Watersphere
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Verona: Kip's Castle
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Vincentown: Water Tank Robots
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Vineland: Artsy Giant Martini Glass
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Vineland: Fountain of Youth, Statue of Liberty
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Vineland: Palace of Depression
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Vineland: Tiny Folk Art Lady Liberty
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Wall Township: Atomic Fallout Shelter Theater
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Wall Township: Camp Evans and Marconi Hotel
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Wall Township: Giant Ant
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Wall Township: InfoAge: Museum of Vintage Tech and History
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Washington: 1922 Gas Station That Still Sells Gas
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Washington: Blue Army Shrine
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Wayne: Grave of Lad, a Dog
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Weehawken: Death Rock of Alexander Hamilton
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West Berlin: Diggerland USA
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West Creek: Chair on a Roof
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West Trenton: New Jersey State Police Museum
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West Windsor: War of the Worlds Coffee Shop
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West Windsor: War of the Worlds Martian Ship
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Whitehouse Station: Dress-Up Hippos
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Wildwood Crest: Doo Wop Capital of the World - Caribbean Motel
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Wildwood: 25-Foot-Tall Fire Hydrant for Dogs
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Wildwood: Castle Dracula Coat of Arms
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Wildwood: Doo Wop Experience Museum
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Wildwood: Ghost Ship
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Wildwood: Sea Captain with Peg Leg and Hook
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Willingboro Township: Futuro House
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Winslow Township: Shotgun BBQ Grill
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Winslow: Mr. Bill: Happy Halfwit Muffler Man
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Wood-Ridge: Bronze Statue of Rosie the Riveter
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Woodbridge: Stainless Steel Locomotive
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Woodstown: Big Cow
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Woodstown: Large Rocking Chair
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Woodstown: Muffler Man - Rodeo Cowboy
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Wrightstown: Tow Mater and Doc Hudson
Gone But Not Forgotten
Closed and extinct places -- the classics and the quirky. A virtual revisit, even if it's just to milk them for one more chuckle...
- Absecon: Ship House
- Asbury Park: Tillie the Clown, Bumper Car Ladies
- Atlantic City: Atlantic City Historical Museum
- Atlantic City: Metal Mr. Peanut Statue
- Atlantic City: Skeleton of the Jersey Devil
- Atlantic City: Statue of Lenin
- Barrington: White Horse Statue on Tall Pole
- Bayonne: Misshapen Chuck Wepner Mural
- Cape May Point: Wreck of a 200-Year-Old British Warship
- Cape May: Big Bass in Yard
- East Brunswick: Mary Murray Ferry Derelict
- East Hamilton Township: Adventure Village
- Elmer: Wamsley's Texaco - Restored Petroliana
- Englishtown: 9-ft. tall Arabian Giantess
- Farmingdale: Car Parts Dinosaurs
- Florence: Adolf Hitler's Toilet
- Franklin Lakes: Gravity-Defying Exit Ramp
- Galloway: Stanley Hammell's Insulator Forest
- Greenwich: Flying Saucer - Futuro House
- Hackensack: U.S.S. Ling, World War II Sub
- Hightstown: 2nd Hand Shop
- Holmeson: Dracula Muffler Man Head
- Holmeson: Muffler Man - Halfwit
- Holmeson: Muffler Man: Halfwit Head Paintball Target
- Jamesburg: Greek's Playland, Stone Museum, and Clown
- Jersey City: Techno Echo - Shout in the Megaphone
- Keansburg: Wheel of Food
- Lambertville: Penis Bone Display
- Lodi: Bada Bing - Tony Soprano's Strip Club
- Lopatcong Township: .44 Magnum Pistol Mailbox
- Lumberton: Babylonian Fertility God Demon
- Mantua: Big Chainsaw Dental Sculpture
- Matawan: Sharkfest - 1916 Shark Attacks Festival
- Mays Landing: Milk Jug Lady
- Mount Holly: Mahalchik's Fabulous Fifty Acres
- New Gretna: Dinosaurs, Deities, and Artillery on Wall
- Newark: Beer Bottle Water Tower
- Princeton: Einstein Mini-Museum in Woolens Store
- Princeton: Sea Blanket Springsteen
- Princeton: Soulful Head of Bruce Springsteen
- Seaside Heights: Boardwalk Sideshows
- Trenton: Big Metal Statue of King Lear
- Trenton: Capital Punishment Museum
- Trenton: Unconditional Surrender: Supersized Smoochers
- Wall Township: Circus Drive-In
- Wall Township: Missing Link Swimmer Statue
- Wayne: Fountains of Wayne
- Wildwood: Castle Dracula And Dungeon Boat Ride - Burned!
- Wildwood: Rooftop Pink Elephant
- Wildwood: Uncle Bill's Pancake House Mural
- Winslow: Tiny Church