New Jersey

A sailboat gliding across a quiet glacial lake. A rocky overlook where Washington once watched troop movements. A…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 13

The best thing you can bring to Phillips Farms is not a cooler, a floppy hat, or a…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 13

There is a very particular New Jersey magic in watching a kid go completely silent because a room…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 13

The water is the giveaway. Tucked deep in South Jersey, where sandy roads cut through pitch pines and…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 13

A wolf howl bouncing through the mountains. A fluorescent mine tunnel glowing like a secret nightclub for rocks.…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 13

The first clue that Mueller’s Bakery is not messing around is the line. Not a flashy, velvet-rope kind…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 12

The strangest thing about New Jersey is how often it hides its best surprises in plain sight. One…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 12

The first clue is the smell. Before a fork hits a plate at The Juke Joint Soul House…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 12

A six-story elephant is staring down the Atlantic Ocean like she owns the place, and honestly, after more…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 12

The first thing you notice is how close the tables sit to the water. Not “waterfront” in the…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 12

Some restaurants get renovated into blank white boxes with Edison bulbs and a menu that looks exactly like…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 12

A rooster with a rough past gets his own carefully built enclosure here, not because he is fancy,…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 12

A prison cell in Mount Holly. A glowing mineral tunnel in Ogdensburg. A room full of blinking pinball…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 12

A massive bison standing behind a fence in rural Hunterdon County is not the New Jersey scene most…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 11

Some of the strangest New Jersey-area adventures begin with a temperature drop. One minute you are standing in…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 11

He stands there with suspenders, a straw hat, big ears, and the kind of grin that looks like…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 11

A giant elephant stares out over the Atlantic. A bronze alien marks the site of an invasion that…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 11

A plate of pierogies at Comfi does not arrive trying to be delicate. It shows up sautéed, topped…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 11

At the right bend in the road, New Jersey can change personalities fast: one minute you’re passing a…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 11

You can be standing on Warwick Turnpike with cars sliding past, then a few minutes later find yourself…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 11

A good New Jersey downtown knows how to multitask. It can give you a flaky pastry before noon,…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 11

A giraffe looking down over dinner is not usually part of the steakhouse experience in New Jersey, but…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 10

There is a very specific New Jersey kind of dinner plan that starts with someone saying, “It’s only…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 10

Right near Nutley’s Bloomfield border, a single red-cushioned bar seat sits roped off like it has committed a…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 10

The best summer meals at the Jersey Shore usually come with a little sand still hiding in your…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 10

The sandwich does not arrive politely. It shows up heavy, glossy, and already threatening the paper it is…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 10

A $13 meal in New Jersey can go two very different ways. It can be a sad grab-and-go…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 10

The entrance is the first clue that this is not a normal hot dog situation. You are on…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 10

A knight lowers his lance in Lyndhurst, thunder rumbles over dinner on the Atlantic City Boardwalk, and somewhere…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 10