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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Princeton

4 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Princeton, New Jersey

Updated June 7, 2021

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Life mask of Benjamin Franklin.

Princeton, New Jersey

Laurence Hutton Collection of Life and Death Masks

One man's lifelong obsession with death.
Aaron Burr’s Grave in the Princeton University’s Presidents Plot

Princeton, New Jersey

Princeton Cemetery

The final resting place of many of New Jersey's most famous residents, including U.S. history's most in-vogue antagonist, Aaron Burr.
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Princeton Chapel Bulldog

The mysterious canine hides atop a drain pipe on the back of the building, some say as a sneaky shoutout to Yale.
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Nassau Hall has served as army barracks, a museum, and played a key role in the American Revolution.
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‘War of the Worlds’ Monument

West Windsor Township, New Jersey

'War of the Worlds' Monument

A bronze monument to the infamous radio broadcast in the real New Jersey town where the fictional Martians crash-landed.
4 miles from Princeton
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Hamilton Township, New Jersey

Hamilton Station Statues

These 20-foot sculptures will help guide you from the local train station to the local sculpture garden.
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Ewing Township, New Jersey

The Sarnoff Collection

A surprising museum of 20th-century technology.
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