History in New Jersey

Known as the "Grand Lady of Jersey City,” the city's first racially-integrated hotel was owned by a preacher who was, depending on who you ask, a cult leader, civil rights pioneer, or the manifestation of God.

In the power of this waterfall, Alexander Hamilton saw the potential for industry.

A New Jersey state park that was once Napoleon's brother's sprawling estate.

Take a step into the workshop where Edison and his employees revolutionized the world.

A historic town sits upon the site of a long-lost 18th-century trading community.

A condo complex once housed a boarding school with the 24th U.S. Vice President among its notable alumni.

Filled with history, this cemetery is maintained each summer by a few hungry goats.

Edison's cast-in-place concrete houses were a failure, but way ahead of their time.

A surprising museum of 20th-century technology.

The first dish to bounce radio signals off the Moon, it was the forerunner to the U.S. Space Program.

The remains of a century-old mansion that met a fiery demise years after it was deserted.

Beautiful stained glass depictions of the history of human flight fill this surprising chapel.

American involvement in World War I officially ended in 1921 in New Jersey, three years late and thousands of miles from the battlefield.

A bronze plaque at an intersection in Hoboken marks the place where the game of baseball first took shape.

These unassuming lighthouses have seen the first reading of the Pledge of Allegiance, the first wireless transmission, and more than one mystery.