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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High Point Monument: Standing on Top of New Jersey (Literally)
The highest spot in New Jersey isn’t a mountain peak with a dramatic summit scramble. It’s a 220-foot granite obelisk sticking straight up out of the woods in the state’s far northwest corner, and you can drive right up to its parking lot. High Point Monument sits at 1,803 feet above sea level in Sussex…
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…


