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Beyond the Boardwalk: What Unique New Jersey Attractions Are Worth Visiting?

1. The Pinelands' Iron Heartbeat

Batsto Village, USA

This preserved 19th-century village was built on the unlikely foundation of bog iron.

2. Lucy, the Six-Story Jumbo

Margate City, USA

A colossal elephant structure built in 1881 to attract real estate buyers.

3. The Mine of Glowing Rocks

Ogdensburg, USA

Deep inside this former zinc mine, minerals burst into vibrant color under UV light.

4. Art That Plays Tricks

Hamilton Township, USA

A sprawling park where over 300 sculptures blend so realistically with nature, you'll question what's real.

5. Birthplace of the Blueberry

Browns Mills, USA

This historic village is where the world's first cultivated blueberries were successfully grown.

6. An English Manor in the Wilderness

Ringwood, USA

A grand Jacobean manor and elaborate botanical gardens, built to replicate a European estate in rural New Jersey.

7. A Day in the 1800s

Cape May, USA

This open-air museum brings 19th-century South Jersey life to vivid, interactive reality.

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