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World War II Lookout Tower
Jutting up into the sky out of the scrub brush and sand is Cape May Point’s WW II Fire Lookout Tower, a lone tribute to Cape May’s contribution in the war.

Batsto Village
There lies, tucked away in Burlington County, historic Batsto Village-a location that combines not only scenery, but also history.

Albert Music Hall
In the 1950s, deep in the woods of Waretown, NJ, the Pinelands Cultural Society (PCS) found its roots. Every Saturday night, in Joe and George Albert's small, secluded deer cabin in the Waretown pinelands, a handful of musicians would gather to pick and sing until the wee hours of Sunday morning. On May 18, 1996 ground was broken for the Pinelands Cultural Society's new Albert Music Hall...

Fort Mott State Park
Fort Mott was part of a three-fort defense system designed for the Delaware River during the post Civil War modernization period. The other two forts in the system were Fort Delaware on Pea Patch Island and Fort DuPont in Delaware City, Delaware. Original plans for Fort Mott specified eleven gun emplacements with twenty guns and a mortar battery with six emplacements. Construction was started in 1872; however, only two of the gun emplacements and two magazines in the mortar battery were completed by 1876 when all work stopped.

Hollybush, the Whitney Mansion at Rowan
Hollybush is an Italianate-style mansion on Rowan U’s campus. It has played many different roles throughout history.