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Wonders of New Jersey: 251 - 260

  • 251 Colgate Clock Formerly the world's largest clock, 50 feet in diameter. Located in downtown Jersey City on the Hudson River. Jersey City.
    Colgate Clock Tower by alexhung Photo by Alex Hung via Flickr.
  • 252 Black River & Western Railroad 
  • 253 Passaic County Courthouse Annex 
  • 254 Helmetta Snuff Mill
  • 255 Insectropolis Insect museum with hundreds of live insects and arthropods, thousands of pinned specimens from around the world and even ones children can touch...perhaps even eat if nobody's watching? Toms River.
  • 256 Marine Mammal Stranding Center The Center has responded to over 3450 strandings of whales, dolphins, seals and sea turtles that have washed ashore over the years. Brigantine.
  • 257 Frelinghuysen Arboretum The home of Fungus Fest.
  • 258 Fort Mott State Park According to the New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry, “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.”
  • 259 Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum One of only five museums in the United States to exclusively display wildlife art. Hiram Blauvelt was a conservationist and art collector. Oradell.
  • 260 The Showboat Casino and Hotel Atlantic City.

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