Quick Visits
Atlantic County
- Train displays brighten cloudy days
- EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP - The sign over the Shore Mall store has one just one word - "Trains."
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- A Boardwalk attraction offering simply scary times
- Everything is not as it seems at Haunted Tales on the Atlantic City Boardwalk. Its front room looks like a run-of-the-mill spooky gift shop, but it's actually a virtual haunted house, designed to scare the heck out of you.
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- Museum teaches history of African Americans
- Behind the humble exterior of the African American Heritage Museum is an interactive piece of history. Just inside the doors is a Michael Jackson tribute. Displayed are framed magazine covers featuring The King of Pop. A video of Jackson p…
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- Brownstone Puppet Theatre and Museum at Gardner's Basin
- Anyone with a curiosity about puppets or who remembers them fondly from their childhood will find a great deal to look at and experience at the Brownstone Puppet Theatre and Museum, which relocated from Historic Smithville to Atlantic City…
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- Lucy the Elephant in Margate
- Lucy the Elephant, a 129-year-old Margate landmark, is a good family spot on an iffy beach day. It's not every day kids get to see the inside of an elephant - especially one with as much history as Lucy has.
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- Explore the Jersey Shore Children's Museum
- BACKGROUND: Children of a certain age - roughly 1 to 8 years old - usually love the Jersey Shore Children's Museum. But Sue Gunther, the director of the museum has an important warning for you parents out there:
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- Atlantic City Aquarium
- BACKGROUND: This aquarium holds more than 100 varieties of fish and marine animals. The attraction is part of Atlantic City’s Gardner’s Basin.
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- Absecon Lighthouse in Atlantic City
- BACKGROUND: Absecon Lighthouse is the tallest lighthouse in New Jersey, as well as one of the oldest lighthouses in the United States - it was built in 1857.
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- Civil Rights Garden in Atlantic City
- BACKGROUND: Pay tribute to the men and women who campaigned for equal treatment by visiting the Atlantic City Civil Rights Garden. The monument is dedicated to history, events and people of the Civil Rights Movement.
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- Helicopter tours of Atlantic City
- BACKGROUND: Here's a trip the family will remember. Steel Pier, located at the Boardwalk and Pennsylvania Avenue, offers helicopter tours of the city and beach every weekend, weather permitting. The helicopter rides are a …
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- The Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigantine
- BACKGROUND: Think of it as an emergency room for sea creatures. The folks at the Marine Mammal Stranding Center respond when dolphins, seals and whales wash up on area beaches and try to nurse them back to health.
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- Somers Mansion House Museum
- BACKGROUND: Take a trip back into Atlantic County's past. The Somers Mansion was built around 1725 by Richard Somers, the son of an early settler. The three-story brick building is the oldest house in Atlantic County. The …
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- Great places to enjoy sunrises and sunsets
- BACKGROUND: Southern New Jersey is one of the few places, not counting islands, where you can watch the sun rise and set over water.
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- The Walk - Outlet shopping in Atlantic City
- BACKGROUND: The Walk is one of Atlantic City's most popular shopping communities. The outside shopping mall is packed with outlet and traditional stores. It spans Atlantic, Artic and Baltic avenues in Atlantic City, close …
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- The Noyes Museum in Oceanville
- The museum is located on Lily Lake Road in the Oceanville section of Galloway Township, adjacent to the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge. It is open 10 a.m. to 4:30 pm, Tuesdays through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sundays.
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- Ripley's Believe It Or Not in Atlantic City
- Located on New York Avenue and the Boardwalk in Atlantic City
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- The IMAX Theater in Atlantic City
- BACKGROUND: Catch some of the hottest movie releases in 3D and on a super-large screen at the IMAX Theater in Atlantic City. The theater is located inside the Quarter at the Tropicana.
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- Atlantic City Historical Museum
- BACKGROUND: The Museum on Garden Pier honors the history of Atlantic City with artifacts, costumes, posters, postcards and, of course, Miss America memorabilia.
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- Ice skating at Flyers Skate Zone in Atlantic City
- BACKGROUND: Did you pack the warm clothes? Then how about a visit to this indoor ice-skating arena located at the Bader Field site in Atlantic City.
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- Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City
- BACKGROUND: Boardwalk Hall is one of the largest venues at the New Jersey shore for music, sports, and more. Everyone from Bruce Springsteen to the Rolling Stones have played Boardwalk Hall, which for decades also hosted t…
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- Bert Parks Statue in Atlantic City
- BACKGROUND: Bert Parks could ad-lib his way out of tight corners on live TV. But even Parks, the late, great Miss America Pageant emcee, couldn't gloss over the fact that his statue is still in Atlantic City but the pagean…
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- Atlantic City Art Center
- BACKGROUND: The Art Center has exhibits of paintings, sculpture and photographs. The center also hosts other activities such as concerts, demonstrations, and book readings. There is a local flavor to this Art Center, where…
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- Tour the wind farm in Atlantic City
- BACKGROUND: Operational since December 2005, the 380-foot-tall windmills are a source of alternative energy for the Atlantic County Utilities Authority. Five towering turbines produce 1.5 megawatts of energy each and omit …
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Cape May County
- Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts
- History-heavy Cape May and all its old-time houses may not seem to be the ideal spot to show your kids a good time at the shore, but "when people can't go to the beach, you should see the cars backed up on the way into Cape May," says Marg…
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- Indoor mini-golf in Ocean City
- On a really rainy day, real golf isn't much fun. But the kids can have a great time playing miniature golf while it's raining - and stay dry doing it - if you find a miniature-golf course with a roof over it.
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- Ocean City Historical Museum
- Anyone who's spent a portion of a childhood during the summer visiting Ocean City can relive the experience with his or her children at the Ocean City Historical Museum, established to preserve the city's history.
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- Concrete ship wreck at Cape May Point
- BACKGROUND: It's now a twisted hulk of concrete and rebar poking out of the bay at Sunset Beach at the end of Sunset Boulevard in Cape May Point. But the Atlantus is a wonderful example of American wartime ingenuity.
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- United States Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum
- BACKGROUND: Any airplane fans in the family? Then a visit to the United States Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum is a good way to spend a few hours. The museum, located in Cape May County Airport, 500 Forrestal Ro…
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- Wildwood Doo-Wop
- BACKGROUND: Celebrate the exotic, historic and tacky by visiting Wildwood, home to some of the best doo-wop style motels in the state.
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- Wildwood tram car
- BACKGROUND: "Watch the tram car, please," has been the soundtrack to summers in Wildwood since 1949, when the city first began operating tram cars on the Boardwalk. The first five cars were built for the 1939 New York Worl…
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- Hereford Inlet Lighthouse in North Wildwood
- BACKGROUND: This isn't your typical lighthouse, which makes it worth a visit in and of itself. This historic lighthouse shines over Hereford Inlet, in the Village of Anglesea in North Wildwood. The Victorian design of the …
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- Cape May Bird Observatory
- BACKGROUND: The Cape May is a hot spot for bird watching. That's because of the geography of Cape May. Birds spend some time in Cape May before crossing the 13 miles of Delaware Bay to continue their migrations. Some birds…
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- Sunset parades at Cape May Coast Guard Training Center
- BACKGROUND: The Coast Guard Training Center Cape May is the only Coast Guard Recruit Training Center. While the training center no longer welcomes tours, visitors can attend four sunset parades during the course of the sum…
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- Haunted ghost tours
- BACKGROUND: With a history as rich as Cape May's, there are bound to be a few skeletons - or at least ghosts - in the closet. Luckily for visitors with a supernatural interest, a small industry has sprung up offering tours…
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- Cape May Point Lighthouse
- BACKGROUND: First lighted in 1859, the Cape May Point Lighthouse is 157 feet tall. The structure is located in Cape May Point State Park on Lincoln Avenue in Cape May Point.
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Ocean County
- Carve away the hours at Tuckerton Seaport museum
- Looking for a way to keep the kids occupied this fall? Have them build a boat.
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- Spend a rainy afternoon exploring LBI's history
- The Long Beach Island Historical Associ-ation Museum is filled with old things for young people to appreciate. Located in Beach Haven's downtown, this former church is stuffed to the rafters with LBI artifacts.
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- Barnegat Lighthouse
- BACKGROUND: Overlooking the Barnegat Inlet, Barnegat Lighthouse stands guard at the northern end of Long Beach Island. The lighthouse began operations in 1859, and the beacon atop the 172-foot-tall was relit a few years ag…
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- Show Place Ice Cream Parlor and floor show
- BACKGROUND: There's a reason why fans always come back to this little ice cream parlor on Centre Street and Beach Avenue in Beach Haven - it's just so much fun to visit.
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- Museum of New Jersey Maritime History
- BACKGROUND: What better way to add to your time at the New Jersey shore than to explore some of the history associated with the ships and men who have sailed the waters off our coast.
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- Live bluegrass at Albert Music Hall
- BACKGROUND: Enjoy some great live music in a family atmosphere.
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- Wells Mills County Park
- BACKGROUND: It's amazing what spending a day in an acre of quietly beautiful trees and wildlife can do to soothe a tense body and mind - and this park has 900 acres. Waretown's Wells Mills County Park, the largest park in …
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- Toms River Seaport Society
- BACKGROUND: If your family is interested in sailboats, the Toms River Seaport Society's museum is worth a quick visit.
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