7 Kid-Friendly Places in New Jersey That Parents Will Actually Love Too
A kid in a hard hat is steering a construction vehicle in South Jersey while, two hours north, another is standing nose-to-nose with a shark…
By Duncan Edwards · May 2, 2026
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A kid in a hard hat is steering a construction vehicle in South Jersey while, two hours north, another is standing nose-to-nose with a shark…
By Duncan Edwards · May 2, 2026
New Jersey
Blink and you might miss Pearl Street in Newfield. Blink twice and you might miss the little building…
By Duncan Edwards · May 2
New Jersey
A six-story elephant stands a block from the Atlantic, a glassy former science temple stretches across Holmdel like…
By Duncan Edwards · May 2
The building looks almost too small to be this famous. Sitting at 470 Tonnelle Avenue in Jersey City,…
By Duncan Edwards · May 2
New Jersey
A bronze Martian crouches in a quiet Mercer County park, not far from tidy lawns, shade trees, and…
By Duncan Edwards · May 2
New Jersey
Rancocas Creek doesn’t announce itself with drama. It slips through the woods in Burlington County, brown and quiet,…
By Duncan Edwards · May 1
New Jersey
A waterfall hiding behind an old mill, a 77-foot monster roaring in the middle of Paterson, a thin…
By Duncan Edwards · May 1
New Jersey
The first clue that Supreme Discount Warehouse is not playing by normal retail rules is the building itself.…
By Duncan Edwards · May 1
New Jersey
A six-story elephant stands by the sand in Margate, an old prison keeps watch over Mount Holly, and…
By Duncan Edwards · May 1
New Jersey
Step through the doors at American Dream in East Rutherford, and New Jersey does something delightfully ridiculous: it…
By Duncan Edwards · May 1
New Jersey
The best New Jersey trail days do not always start with a steep climb or muddy boots. Sometimes…
By Duncan Edwards · May 1
New Jersey
Just off Route 10 in Morris County, behind the kind of everyday New Jersey traffic that makes nobody…
By Duncan Edwards · May 1
New Jersey
A sandy paw print disappears faster than a human footprint at the Jersey Shore, especially when the tide…
By Duncan Edwards · May 1
New Jersey
There is a cheesecake in Ringoes that does not need a fork, a plate, or even much patience.…
By Duncan Edwards · Apr 30
New Jersey
There are meals in New Jersey that come with a view, a velvet rope, or a marketing budget.…
By Duncan Edwards · Apr 30
New Jersey
The road in doesn’t exactly announce itself. One minute you’re near Route 72 and Route 539, with the…
By Duncan Edwards · Apr 30
New Jersey
The best New Jersey pizza trip does not begin with a white tablecloth or a dramatic view. It…
By Duncan Edwards · Apr 30
New Jersey
The first thing you notice is what is missing. No wall of giant touchscreens. No glowing wristband scanner.…
By Duncan Edwards · Apr 30
New Jersey
A dinner reservation in New Jersey can mean white tablecloths in a Victorian beach town, sushi beside a…
By Duncan Edwards · Apr 30
New Jersey
The first thing that gets you at Iron Plow Vineyards is the setting. You turn off the road…
By Duncan Edwards · Apr 30
New Jersey
At 7 a.m. in Highland Park, someone is already ordering huevos rancheros. By noon in Jersey City, the…
By Duncan Edwards · Apr 30
A little kid is nose-to-nose with a helicopter cockpit. A retired pilot is explaining lift with the enthusiasm…
By Duncan Edwards · Apr 29
New Jersey
At some point, every New Jersey summer day seems to end the same way: a line curling out…
By Duncan Edwards · Apr 29
New Jersey
The first thing that throws people off is the pickle. Not a jar on a shelf, not a…
By Duncan Edwards · Apr 29
New Jersey
A cappuccino in a cave. A latte beside a wall of tropical plants. A lazy cat blinking at…
By Duncan Edwards · Apr 29
New Jersey
A few steps off Old River Road, the lighting drops, the walls turn rough and sculptural, and suddenly…
By Duncan Edwards · Apr 29
New Jersey
The first clue that New Jersey’s small towns take food seriously is that you can spend a morning…
By Duncan Edwards · Apr 29
New Jersey
The first thing you notice is not a giant sign or some polished, made-for-social-media storefront. It is the…
By Duncan Edwards · Apr 29
New Jersey
There is a particular kind of New Jersey confidence that comes from eating a paper-thin tavern pie at…
By Duncan Edwards · Apr 29
New Jersey
Smoke first, napkins second. That is the order of events at The BBQ Pit in Hackettstown, where brisket…
By Duncan Edwards · Apr 28