they need a lot of work however. About 5-6 years ago I convinced the Coast Guard to let me go w/them on one of their spring maitenance runs to all the lighthouses in the delaware bay so i got to see them and some of them you have to climb a ladder from a rocking [...]
Archive for the ‘Unusual Homes / Buildings’ Category
17 May
If you’re thinking of going to midgetville: DON’T. You will be busted.
I happened to be in the area and felt like driving down Annie’s Road. When we got to midgetville I was tempted to pull in just to see what’s changed in the couple of years since I last visited. I know there’s been a few incidents with paintballs being shot so i expected to be [...]
24 Apr
Luna Parc
When one enters the gates of Luna Parc, you are welcomed in by colorful signs, whimsical mailboxes and a sidewalk covered entirely in various colored tiles. In fact it seems almost everything is covered in beautiful tile work, and not those 4×4 inch tiles you find in the bathroom. I mean intricately designed, hand laid [...]
19 Apr
unusual buildings now home to quirky food eateries
like burgers from a gas station or hot dogs from a railroad car Burgers from a gas station? Coffee from a Fotomat? Hot dogs from a train? Yes, in North Jersey you can get all three — as well as prosciutto from a bank, espresso from a train station and cocktails from an 18th-century barn. [...]
18 Apr
Terror Behind the Walls
One innovative use of the prison is a Halloween event called Terror Behind the Walls”, a scare fest filled with ghouls, gore and gallons of blood. It is easily the best haunted scare place my wife I have ever been to. Understand that we do not give such praise lightly. For my wife and I, [...]
18 Apr
A tour of Eastern State Prison
I had heard about this prison and its tour through the Terror Behind the Walls Halloween website. I had suggested to my friends that we visit TBTW after visiting Skillman since we’d be down that way, and when we got kicked out early, my wife’s girlfriend said we should take the prison tour. I initially [...]
18 Apr
The history of Eastern State Prison
When you think of a jail (the building not just a single cell) what do you think of? Take away the barbed wire and fences and bars, and most jails look remarkably like any other type of building. Local or city jails often exist within other buildings such as police stations or courts. County and [...]
17 Apr
the round house on stilts
It’s a round house It’s on stilts. It’s on Heartbeat Rd. I don’t know much else
17 Apr
The first house ever financed by the FHA
The FHA was created in 1934 to assist the public in buying homes by providing them with low cost loans. his was the first house ever financed by the FHA. In 1994 the FHA put a plaque on the home commemorating the significance.
