Northern New Jersey

Institute Woods

Northern New Jersey

With about two million acres of forests in New Jersey, there’s no shortage of wooded pathways to explore. But some just happen to be in wonderfully…

Liberty State Park

Northern New Jersey

Turns out the best spot to enjoy the Manhattan skyline is across state lines in New Jersey. A top viewing point that’s free and open to the public is…

Princeton University Art Museum

Northern New Jersey

This wide-ranging collection is particularly strong on antiquities, Asian art and photography.

Newark Museum

Northern New Jersey

This brick-and-limestone mansion, a legacy of the Ballantine beer family, is now part of an impressive museum with the biggest Tibetan art collection in…

Hoboken Historical Museum

Northern New Jersey

This small museum conveys a sense of Hoboken that's hard to imagine today – a city of blue-collar Irish and Italian Catholic immigrants, toiling in the…

Princeton University

Northern New Jersey

Built in the mid-1700s, this institution soon became one of the largest structures in the early colonies. Now it's in the top-tier Ivy League. You can…

Liberty Science Center

Northern New Jersey

Expansive and modern science museum in Liberty State Park, including a planetarium.

Washington Crossing State Park

Northern New Jersey

Ten days before the battle at Princeton on Christmas night 1776, George Washington led his army across the ice-packed Delaware River from the Pennsylvania…