Harrah's Resort Atlantic City in the marina district of Atlantic City, New Jersey, opened in 1980 as the first casino away from the boardwalk and features 177,000 square feet of gaming space with over 2,000 slot machines, 130+ table games, a 40-table poker room, and a sportsbook.
Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey, opened on July 1, 1974, as an entertainment complex envisioned by Warner LeRoy with plans for multiple parks including an amusement area and safari, later acquired by Six Flags in 1977 and expanded with adjacent Hurricane Harbor water park in 2000.
Hoboken, New Jersey, known as the Mile Square City, sits along the Hudson River waterfront directly across from Manhattan, originally settled by Dutch colonists in the 17th century as part of Pavonia with North America's first brewery built in 1643 before conflicts disrupted early farms.
Delaware Water Gap in New Jersey is a dramatic water gap where the Delaware River cuts through the Kittatinny Mountain ridge in the Appalachian Mountains, forming a 1,300-foot-wide canyon over 1,200 feet deep between Mount Tammany on the New Jersey side and Mount Minsi in Pennsylvania.
Absecon Lighthouse in Atlantic City, New Jersey, is the state’s tallest lighthouse and the third-tallest masonry lighthouse in the United States, rising 171 feet above the Absecon Inlet.
Thomas Edison National Historical Park in West Orange, New Jersey, preserves the inventor's home called Glenmont and his massive laboratory complex, where he developed over half of his 1,093 U.S. patents including the motion picture camera, improved phonograph, sound recordings, and nickel-iron battery from 1887 until his death in 1931.
Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport, New Jersey, traces its roots to 1870 when the original track opened in Eatontown as a Jersey Shore tourist draw, earning fame as the Newmarket of America before financial woes closed it in 1873, reopened in 1882, and shifted to a new site in 1890 until anti-betting laws shut it down in 1894.
LEGOLAND Discovery Center Westchester, though located in Yonkers, New York, just across the Hudson River from New Jersey, serves as a popular indoor LEGO playground for families, especially children ages 3 to 10.
Island Beach State Park, located just south of Seaside Park in Ocean County, New Jersey, spans nearly 3,000 acres across a 10-mile barrier island between the Atlantic Ocean and Barnegat Bay, serving as one of the state's last major undeveloped coastal reserves.
The Newark Museum of Art in New Jersey is the state’s largest museum, established in 1909 by John Cotton Dana with a mission to exhibit art, science, history, and technology.
Seaside Heights is a small borough on the Jersey Shore in Ocean County, New Jersey, situated on the Barnegat Peninsula between the Atlantic Ocean and Barnegat Bay.
Liberty Science Center in Jersey City, New Jersey, opened in 1993 as the state's first major science museum and has grown into a 300,000-square-foot interactive learning hub featuring 12 exhibition halls, live animals, giant aquariums, and hands-on science exhibits.
Cape Liberty Cruise Port is located in Bayonne, New Jersey, on the northern side of a two-mile-long pier in Bayonne Harbor, a former military ocean terminal.
Manasquan Beach in New Jersey offers a clean, spacious, and family-friendly environment with a mile-long asphalt boardwalk suitable for walking, running, and biking.
Morris Museum in Morristown, New Jersey, at 6 Normandy Heights Road on 8.5 acres, began in 1913 as the Morris Children's Museum with curio cabinets of artifacts for local kids, evolving through expansions including the 1963 purchase of the historic Twin Oaks Georgian mansion built by the Frelinghuysen family in 1910-1913.
Sandy Hook Beach in New Jersey forms part of a 6-mile barrier spit at the northern tip of the Jersey Shore in Monmouth County, managed by the National Park Service as the Sandy Hook Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area, offering expansive oceanfront and bayfront shores for swimming, sunbathing, fishing, and boating.
Caesars Atlantic City is a Roman-themed casino resort on the Atlantic City Boardwalk in New Jersey, USA, originally opening as Boardwalk Regency in 1979 on the site of a former Howard Johnson's before adopting the Caesars name in 1985 and completing major expansions.
