This New Jersey Pizzeria Combines Pizza, Garlic Knots, And Calzones Into One Wild Triple Threat
Necessity is the mother of invention. And in this New Jersey pizzeria's case, the mother of a glorious, carb-loaded Frankenstein.
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Build Your Own Warm Donut With Custom Icing And Toppings At This New Jersey Shop
A kid-sized step stool sits by the counter here, just so little ones can watch their donuts get dipped and topped. Yeah, I'm definitely looking twice at that.
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12 New Jersey Restaurants That Go All Out With Christmas Decorations
One restaurant closes its doors for two full days every year just to hang its Christmas decorations. Two days! I love that kind...
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A New Jersey Arts Studio Lets Visitors Try The Ancient Craft Of Glassmaking Instead Of Just Watching It
A glass studio that started with one table and two torches now fills 10,000 square feet. Yeah, I'm definitely looking twice at that.
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Inside A Massive New Jersey Shopping Mall Is An Interactive Museum Celebrating The State’s Biggest Legends
You can sing a duet with a hologram of Frankie Valli, then hop into a virtual ride in Jon Bon Jovi's Chevelle. Yeah, I'm definitely looking twice at that.
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An 1872 New Jersey Railroad Station Now Holds Vintage Train Memorabilia, A Restored Caboose And A Locomotive
The front door of this old train depot used to be its back door. Yep, the side everyone admires today was once the rear of the building.
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Chinese Sichuan And Shanghainese Specialties Share The Menu At This New Jersey Restaurant
Lobster Mapo Tofu shares a menu with juicy soup dumplings at one cozy dining room in New Jersey. Yeah, I'm definitely looking twice at that.
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Black Friday Starts At 6 AM At This New Jersey Outlet Shopping Destination Near The Shore
Nearly 2,000 solar panels sit on the roofs of an outlet center where Black Friday shoppers hunt for 25 to 65 percent off name brands. That's a lot of sunshine powering a lot of...
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This New Jersey Restaurant Serves Georgian Cheese Bread That Arrives Bubbling Hot From The Oven
A boat-shaped bread loaded with melted cheese, crowned with an egg yolk, and baked until it bubbles. Yep, that's the star here, and it sits inside a storefront in a New Jersey...
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This New Jersey Restaurant Got 1,650 Reservations Within Two Hours Of Opening Its Books
A brand-new restaurant just opened with turquoise velvet booths, a massive wave wall, and a 25-foot bar stretching through the room. Oh, and one of its owners grew up on reality...
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What Looks Like A Casual New Jersey Restaurant Is Hiding A Surprisingly Serious Steak Menu
A small-town spot with bar pies and smash burgers runs its own whole-animal butchery. Yep, the kitchen breaks down entire animals in-house.
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Nobel Prize-Winning Scientists Worked At This New Jersey Research Complex, Then It Became A Mini City
Two scientists once heard a strange hiss in their antenna and blamed pigeon droppings. That hiss turned out to be leftover energy from the birth of the universe.
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New Jersey’s Last Surviving Royal Governor’s Mansion Was Built In 1764 And Still Stands Today
Benjamin Franklin's own son was placed under house arrest in this brick mansion. Yep, that Franklin family, and that drama. The...
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This New Jersey Bookshop Spans Two Storefronts Connected By A Doorway Made For Coffee And Reading
A bulletin board in this shop shows off things found inside used books, including old prayer cards and a Florida lottery ticket. I love that.
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This New Jersey Ramen Spot Simmers Its Rich Tonkotsu Broth For 16 Hours To Bring Authentic Japanese Flavor To Every Bowl
Sixteen hours. That's how long one small ramen shop lets its pork broth simmer before it ever touches a bowl. I like how that...
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Bruce Springsteen Met Clarence Clemons In The Building That Now Houses This New Jersey Pizza Restaurant
Bruce Springsteen first met Clarence Clemons inside a building where people now line up for wood-fired pizza. Yep, the room...
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This New Jersey Portuguese Restaurant Has A Dining Room Straight Out Of Europe
Two special tables in this dining room come with antique throne chairs and live piano music. That's a very fancy way to eat dinner on a weeknight.
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You Can See The Philadelphia Skyline From This Wild 250-Acre New Jersey Nature Preserve
Peregrine falcons nest on a 1929 drawbridge right above this park. You can even watch them on a webcam inside the visitor center. Yeah,...
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This New Jersey Breakfast Spot Takes French Toast Completely Over The Top
Five slices of fresh challah French toast arrive with whipped butter, powdered sugar, and warm syrup. That alone made me sit up straight.
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If You Want The Full Christmas Store Experience, This New Jersey Wonderland Delivers
Every year, a garden center's greenhouses turn into a 40,000-square-foot Christmas store. Yep, the same space that sells hydrangeas...
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New Jersey’s Deepest Natural Lake Plunges 110 Feet Below The Surface
Small planes glide in to land right beside a lake that drops 110 feet below its glassy surface. That's a real combo, and I can't imagine a stranger pairing for a quiet paddle.
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This New Jersey Town Is Small Enough To Wander But Packed With More History Than You Expect
Butcher's cleaver marks are still visible on benches inside a peaceful Quaker meeting house. Yep, cleaver marks. British troops...
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This New Jersey Museum Has A Fallout Shelter Theater Hiding In Its Basement
A recreation of a Cold War fallout shelter sits in the basement of an old hotel building, complete with period ration supplies and a duck-and-cover video. Yes, the kind of film...
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A Mile-Long Holiday Light Spectacle Is Coming Back To New Jersey This November
A 32-foot-tall waving Christmas Barbie once lit up a parking lot off the Garden State Parkway. Yep, that really happened. And...
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After Years Of Making Cakes, This New Jersey Bakery Finally Opened Its Own Storefront
A carrot cake got so popular that it helped launch an entire bakery. That cake came from a pastry chef who spent years in famous Manhattan kitchens before baking for her own neighbors.
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An Old New Jersey Estate Still Has A Working Gristmill, And Visiting The Grounds Costs Nothing
A gristmill rebuilt in 1872 still grinds corn into meal on weekends, and nobody charges you a cent to watch. Yeah, I'm definitely looking twice at that.
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This New Jersey Vintage Shop Is Packed With The Toys, Records, And Oddities You Forgot You Loved
A life-size Falkor, the Luck Dragon from The NeverEnding Story, waits behind a locked door inside a small vintage shop. Yes, that Falkor.
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This New Jersey Toy Store Has A Mini Museum Of Childhood Favorites Among Its Vintage Treasures
A toy shop with its own little museum in the back? Yep, and it shows off some of the rarest, most unusual toys ever made. The...
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13 New Jersey Towns That Are Worth Visiting Just For The Fall Colors
New Jersey's highest point sits 1,803 feet above sea level, and on a clear fall day the view stretches across three states. That is a lot of orange for one glance.
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Alexander Hamilton Helped Create America’s First Planned Industrial City Around This New Jersey Waterfall
A 77-foot waterfall roars through the middle of a city, and a Founding Father once looked at it and saw factories. Yep, that really happened.
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New Jersey Just Launched Official Film Trails That Let You Visit Real Horror-Movie Locations Across The State
The diner counter where a soaked camp owner grabbed coffee in the original Friday the 13th still serves breakfast today. I love that you can order home fries in the exact spot...
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This New Jersey Vintage Shop Still Lets You Trade Your Old Toys And Collectibles For Store Credit
Half the retail value in store credit. That's what one little shop offers for good, in-demand vintage toys, records, and games. Honestly,...
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People Once Traveled Across New Jersey To Drink From This Mountain Spring Believed To Have Healing Powers
The Astors, the Vanderbilts, and President Ulysses S. Grant were among the famous names associated with a New Jersey mountain once celebrated for its healing mineral springs.
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This New Jersey Theater Is Turning 100 And Bringing The Roaring ’20s Back With It
Tickets to one big birthday party cost exactly nineteen dollars and twenty-six cents. That price is a wink at the year the theater first opened its doors.
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This New Jersey Cheese Shop Hosts Workshops Where You Can Make Your Own Fresh Mozzarella
A small cheese business once set up shop in a space that used to be a hot dog stand. Then it taught people to stretch warm mozzarella with their own hands.
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This New Jersey Haunted Farm Is Closing After 20 Years, And 2026 Is Your Last Chance To Ride
The haunted hayrides are about to make their final runs. After twenty spooky seasons, one beloved farm haunt has officially named 2026 The Final Ride.
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New Jersey Has A Haunted Car Wash Where Costumed Characters Try To Scare You Through The Windshield
Costumed teen actors press their spooky faces right up to your windshield while soap sprays over the glass. Yes, this happens at a real car wash in New Jersey, and it comes back...
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New Jersey Has A Science Center So Big, One Afternoon Barely Scratches The Surface
The biggest planetarium in the Western Hemisphere sits under an 89-foot dome in New Jersey. That alone would fill a day trip. Somehow,...
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This New Jersey Museum Preserves The Airport Where WWII Fighter Pilots Trained Before Heading Overseas
In 1941, the U.S. government named one small airfield America's First Defense Airport. That title still sounds like something out of a movie, and it belongs to a spot in South...
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A Syrian Family Turned One Pita Recipe Into A New Jersey Market Packed With Middle Eastern Favorites
A good piece of pita bread can do wonderful things. It can hold a sandwich together, rescue the last bit of hummus, or disappear before dinner even starts.
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You Can Tour One Of New Jersey’s Most Famous Haunted Towns By Trolley This October
A charming seaside town with beautiful Victorian houses sounds innocent enough. Add a trolley, centuries of local stories,...
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A New Jersey Developer Built A Six-Story Elephant Just To Convince People To Buy Land
Selling beachfront property is one thing. Building a gigantic elephant to get everyone's attention? Now that's marketing with...
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Smoked Meats And Late-Night Crowds Make This New Jersey BBQ Spot Hard To Ignore
Oh, that smell. You know the one. Smoky, savory, and powerful enough to make you reconsider whatever you were planning for dinner....
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This New Jersey Hobby Store Has Enough Games And Collectibles To Test Your Self-Control
Going into a hobby store with a strict budget is an admirable idea. Keeping that budget intact? Well, good luck with that....
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A New Jersey Farming Village Grew Around A Canal That Could Lift Entire Boats Over Hills
Boats climbing hills sounds like somebody got their transportation plans seriously mixed up. Yet that was the clever idea...
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Hundreds Of Workers Once Lived Around This New Jersey Ironworks, And Their Village Is Still Crumbling In The Woods
Well, the forest is slowly winning this one. Stone walls, furnace ruins, old foundations, and pieces of waterworks still sit among the trees where an entire ironworking village...
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One Look At The Pastry Case Explains Why Locals Keep Coming Back To This New Jersey Bakery
There is a dangerous moment in every good bakery visit when the original plan completely falls apart. Maybe you wanted one donut.
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This New Jersey Game Shop Has More Than 1,000 Games You Can Actually Play
Buying a game is one thing. Having more than a thousand sitting there daring you to play them is considerably more dangerous. This...
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Welcome To New Jersey’s Most Tourist-Ruined Beach, Where Locals Won’t Even Go Anymore
There’s popular, and then there’s trying to find a patch of sand on a gorgeous Saturday. This New Jersey beach has become...
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An 1832 New Jersey Cave Disappeared Beneath Debris For Decades Until The City Dug It Out Again
A cave does not usually vanish from a city. This one practically did. Built...
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This New Jersey Chinese Restaurant Brings Bold Northeastern Flavors To The Table
Chinese food gets a lot more interesting when the menu stops playing it safe. This restaurant leans into the bold, hearty flavors...
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George Washington’s Soldiers Built More Than 1,000 Cabins On This New Jersey Hillside And Traces Still Remain
This quiet hillside once looked like a wooden city. During one of the harshest winters of the Revolutionary War, George Washington’s...
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12 New Jersey Restaurants Making Handmade Dumplings Worth The Drive
A good dumpling can ruin mediocre takeout forever. One bite through a soft wrapper into a juicy, steaming filling and suddenly...
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This New Jersey Museum Showcases Artifacts From Infamous Cases And It’s Free To Explore
History has a dark side. This New Jersey museum displays it proudly. You have probably watched true crime documentaries late...
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This Central New Jersey Park Has 13.5 Miles Of Trails For Biking, Hiking, And Horseback Riding
Thirteen and a half miles of trails. That is a lot of ground to cover. You have probably been to parks where the paths are...
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11 Beautiful Towns In New Jersey Where Life Is Cheaper And Way Less Stressful In 2026
The usual advice is to flee New Jersey for a cheaper life, but the state has a quiet counter argument. Set along the Delaware...
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Horse Owners Can Find Everything From Feed To Saddles At This New Jersey Store
Horse people know the truth: owning the horse is only the beginning of the shopping list. Feed, tack, grooming supplies, blankets,...
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This Small New Jersey Town Has More Restaurants Per Block Than Most Cities And No One Talks About It
You are absolutely right to be suspicious of a town this small. It is barely big enough for a decent game of tag, yet somehow it crams in dozens of restaurants along a single main...
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You Can Watch The Sunset Behind A Sunken Ship While Dining At This New Jersey Restaurant
Most restaurants serve a view of the parking lot. This one serves a view of a sunken ship. That is not a metaphor, that is...
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