Dinosaurs In NJ: See State's 'Quirkiest' Destinations

NEW JERSEY - WorldAtlas has named their "quirkiest" communities in New Jersey to visit in 2025, and apparently, what's old is cool again.

The site gives the entire state the "eccentric charm" nod. That's a nice way of saying everyone knows you are from New Jersey by the outgoing, "say it like it is" approach to greeting others and making things happen throughout the day.

Being from New Jersey, I am honored.

This Year's Winner: Cape May

The listof nine starts us off in the year 1879 with Cape May, highlighting one Victorian home that sets the tone for the others that line its streets. The Emlen Physick Estate is the only Victorian house museum in the town, and one of the top displays of "Stick Style" architecture in the entire country.

(Photo: Colorful Victorian-style houses alongside a road in Cape May, NJ/Shutterstock)

After perusing the multitude of colorful, Victorian homes, visitors can take to the sky in the Cape May Lighthouse. Built in 1859, the site is filled with history detailing its origin story and the path it took to still stand to this day.

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The Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum puts you right in the middle of the actual action, as the site once was a dive-bomber squadron training facility in World War II. There is also a hangar on-site that has planes from the 1940's and other interactive displays for the whole family to enjoy.

Runner-Up: Haddonfield

The greater Philadelphia area is not only revolutionary, it is also prehistoric.

Just over the bridge in New Jersey, the town of Haddonfield is home to one wild discovery that landed it in the global history books (fitting for one of the oldest communities in the state).

In 1858, William Park Foulke noticed a fossil being used as a holder for an umbrella while visiting the home of John Estaugh Hopkins. Curiosity led Foulke and Dr. Joseph Leidy to scour the entire property after they located a few other promising artifacts. They ended up giving the world our first ever nearly intact dinosaur.

(Photo Credit: Official Website for the Borough of Haddonfield)

Kids and families can visit the Hadrosaurus foulkii sculpture along Hadrosaurus Lane for their own Jurassic Jersey photo opp.

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