Views: 578 With America’s 250th anniversary just around the corner, there’s no better time to recognize great American history about what we’ve coined “The Greatest Story Never Told” about the American Revolution – The Academy that came 24 years before… Read More »Share Bedminster Cantonment History With A Pocket Park – America 250 Ideas
Views: 1,446 It was a cold, winterish April afternoon at the Jacobus Vanderveer House in Bedminster, New Jersey, as a very special guest came to tell his story about what has become a signature event in the history of the… Read More »Historic Moment at the Pluckemin Cantonment – Archeologist Finds His Mark
Views: 1,681 As of right now, we are UNABLE to bring our programs to the public and the schools because they require insurance. We’re asking for your financial support. All donations are tax deductible as we are a 501c3 charitable… Read More »Year End Giving Really Matters This Year-We Need Your Support
Views: 930 Over the last five years, we’ve been slowly growing the New Jersey Historic Wooden Village Collection. It began with our first collectible, the Brick Academy in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, which is honoring its 75th anniversary. Since then,… Read More »Discounted Starter Bundles – New Jersey Cat’s Meow Keepsakes
Views: 2,364 100s of People visit us EVERY DAY – See the Latest Top Web Searches that Brought Visitors to Mr. Local History Try Our Site Search Here are the Latest Top Web Searches that Brought Visitors to Mr. Local… Read More »Mr. Local History Top Searches, FAQs, Trends
Views: 2,352 Mysterious death, lights in the woods at night, strange chemical smells in the air, paranormal activity, and a YouTuber’s missing persons report continue to plague what is felt to be strange paranormal activity at the former Hofheimer woods,… Read More »Unexplained Disappearance at Warren’s Hofheimer Mauseleum & Grotto
Views: 1,179 🍁 Fall’s Golden Tapestry, A Journey Through Time and Color Every autumn, the hills, rivers, and small towns of New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania come alive in a blaze of color. Crimson maples, amber oaks, and golden… Read More »Fall Beauty in our Community – Photos Over the Years
Views: 15,257 Tucked below the Hills on a quiet cul-de-sac in the Liberty Corner section of Bernards Township, New Jersey, sits a turreted French Norman-style castle known to locals as Pharelock Castle. Very few locals remember the sad story about… Read More »Bill Beatty and the Hills Haunted Phareloch Castle
Views: 501 Urban Legends, Ghosts, Murder, Nuns gone insane, the Devil, and other horror stories we’ve dug up from Central New Jersey’s past. Maybe urban legends, but they’re OUR stories! When the leaves start turning and the nights get cooler,… Read More »Ghost Tales, Urban Legends and Cemeteries From Central New Jersey
Views: 2,455 🏈 The Ridge–Bernards Thanksgiving Day Turkey Bowl Rivalry. We could hold our tongue no more. It needs to come back so we had to tell the history and why we’d love to get it back. Small-Town Thanksgiving Tradition… Read More »Bring Back the Thanksgiving Ridge vs. Bernards Turkey Bowl
Views: 3,775 👻 The 3rd Floor “Spirit of the Astor Estate” in Basking Ridge. A spirit has haunted owners and workers wandering the third floor causing ghostly havoc at times.Reported by a number of Bernards Township Employees at the Astor… Read More »Paranormal Oddities at Basking Ridge’s Astor Estate Town Hall
Views: 7,711 The 2025 Fall Foliage Map is the ultimate visual planning guide to the annual progression of leaf change. While no tool can be 100% accurate, this tool is designed to help travelers better time their trips to maximize their chances… Read More »Day Trips – Four Historic New Jersey Fall Locations You Must See
Views: 2,817 Our Fall 2025 cover photo honors the history of the Somerset Hills area of Northern Somerset County, New Jersey, and the iconic Blairsden Mansion & Estate. Over the years, the estate has also been a private residence, an… Read More »Mr. Local History 2025 Fall Magazine Vol 7. Issue 3
Views: 3,084 The series I’ve been researching began as an effort to rebuild my youthful memories of growing up on Lake Naomi in the Poconos starting in the 1960s. As the stories came together, I wanted to start an online… Read More »Lake Naomi & the Poconos – A Personal Pocono History Series
Views: 3,226 This story is part of a series I’ve been researching, as I rebuild my youthful memories growing up on Lake Naomi in the Poconos. As the series comes together, there is an associated Facebook Group, called Lake Naomi Memories,… Read More »Memories Growing Up On Lake Naomi and Pocono Pines, PA