Luna Parc is the mosaic-covered, sculpture-packed home and studio of artist Ricky Boscarino, tucked into eight and a half acres of woods in Sandyston Township, Sussex County. It’s been called the quirkiest house in New Jersey, it opens to the public only a handful of days each year, and no photo really prepares you for…
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Franklin, NJ: Inside the World’s Fluorescent Mineral Capital
Tucked into the hills of Sussex County, the borough of Franklin, New Jersey holds an official title you won’t find anywhere else on Earth: the Fluorescent Mineral Capital of the World. Flip off the lights inside an old zinc mine here, switch on an ultraviolet lamp, and plain gray rock erupts into neon streaks of…
The WWII Lookout Tower in Cape May: New Jersey’s Last Watchtower on the Coast
Right near Sunset Beach, past the crowds hunting for “Cape May diamonds” on the sand, a plain concrete tower rises above the dunes like it’s still waiting for a fight that never came. This is the WWII Lookout Tower in Cape May, officially known as Fire Control Tower No. 23, and it’s the last freestanding…
Grounds For Sculpture: The NJ Park Where You Can Walk Into a Monet Painting
Grounds For Sculpture is a 42-acre sculpture park and museum in Hamilton, New Jersey, built on the site of the old state fairgrounds, where you can physically walk into life-size 3D recreations of famous paintings by Monet, Renoir, and Manet. It’s one of the strangest and most delightful public spaces in the state, and most…



