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Jungle Habitat: Wild, Free and Abandoned
By Mark Moran One day, back around 1997, someone suggested to Mark S. and I that we go check out Jungle Habitat. “Jungle Habitat?” we replied. “That placed closed twenty years ago!” “Yeah, I know,”...
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Ghosts of the Union Hotel, Flemington
In February of this year it was reported that a new and controversial plan was being considered for the redevelopment of Flemington’s historic downtown area. While the proposed plan is still far from...
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The Deserted Village and Enchanted Forest of the Watchung Reservation
There is a place deep in the woods of the Watchung Reservation area in Union County that is officially known as the Feltville Historic District. Here, down a narrow winding road that leads into the...
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The Abandoned Howard Stern Rest Stop
The Strange Saga of Howard Stern’s Rest Stop By Nick Muscavage Potato chips, soda and sex — what more do you need from a rest stop? Although it is admittedly not as weird as the Gates of Hell or Mt....
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Dark Tales From Inside the Edgewater-Fairview Tunnel
One of the great lost passageways of New Jersey, this tunnel stretches from its western entrance beneath the Fairview Cemetery in Fairview (Bergen County) to its eastern opening at the foot of the...
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Doing Time at Newark Street Jail
Story and photos by Rusty Tagliareni From Weird NJ’s Special Issue Forsaken: Abandoned In And Around New Jersey The Newark Street Jail has enjoyed a long history as the city jail of Newark since its...
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Brooksbrae Brick Factory – Abandoned in the Pine Barrens
Photos by R. LUBISCHER The Brooksbrae Brick Company located in Pasadena was incorporated in 1905 to manufacture bricks for the Adams Clay Mining Company. The mining of clay started in the 1850s and...
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Foxcroft (a.k.a. Van Slyke or Ramapo Castle)
Story and photos by Mark Moran and Rusty Tagliareni Perched atop an Fox mountain in Wanaque, high above Ramapo Lake, sit the remains of a mansion often referred to as the Van Slyke’s Castle or the...
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Big Rusty – South Jersey’s Giant Troll
Big Rusty – A Giant Troll with a Taste for the Abandoned If you walk down an old dirt road into a Burlington County forest, near the banks of the South Branch of the Rancocas River, you might catch a...
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Christmastime at the Abandoned Abbey
We recently stopped by St Paul’s Abbey (Newton Abbey) in Newton to pick up a Christmas tree for the Weird NJ office, and were reminded of beauty of the vacant old building, which is so familiar to...
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