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Explore Batsto Village!

Explore NJ History in this Pine Barrens Village

Looking for a fun South Jersey day trip? Check out Batsto Village! Located in Wharton State Forest, the village is a former bog iron and glass-making community that was a pivotal part of the New Jersey economy in the 17th and 18th centuries.… Read more...

Visit the Millville Army Air Field Museum – Things To Do In New Jersey

Millville NJ Aviation Museum
Preserves Local History

New Jersey is home to a number of excellent aviation museums and, while on one of our South Jersey road trips, my family and I recently had the opportunity to visit one of them – the Millville Army Air Field Museum.

The Millville Army Air Field was dedicated in 1941 as “America’s First Defense Airport.” Ten thousand men and women served here during World War II with 1,500 pilots receiving advanced gunnery training in P-47 Thunderbolt and P-40 Warhawk fighter planes.… Read more...