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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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…
Lucy the Elephant: Inside New Jersey’s Six-Story Pachyderm You Can Actually Walk Through
Lucy the Elephant is a six-story, elephant-shaped building on the beach in Margate City, New Jersey, that you can actually walk through, climb inside, and stand on top of. Built in 1881 as a real estate stunt, she’s now a National Historic Landmark and, by most accounts, the oldest surviving roadside attraction in the country….


