Considering New Jersey’s rich historical heritage, it should not surprise anyone that the New Jersey shore cities offer locals and travelers alike an excellent selection of historical sites to choose from.  Below are some key historical sites that you will want to visit:

• Allaire State Park & Allaire Village – Best known for its historic village and narrow gauge railroad, Allaire also provides opportunities for picnicking, canoeing, hiking, horseback riding, camping, hunting, and fishing.  Historic Allaire Village is situated within the park. Originally the site of a bog iron furnace and forge that date back to the late 1700′s, this self contained community once housed over 400 people. Products manufactured at the village included caldrons, pots and kettles, stoves, screws, and some pipe.
• National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey – Museum exhibits chronicle NJ soldiers. The museum’s colection includes uniforms, small arms, and military vehicles.
• Woodrow Wilson Hall – The mansion was erected in 1930 on the foundations of President Woodrow Wilson’s Summer White House.The building is accorded a full chapter and 30 illustrations in “Twilight of Splendor” which tells the story of what James Maher, the author, describes as “the five most opulent private houses built in this country between World War I and the Depression.”
• Church of Presidents – Long Branch prospered and grew from the nation’s first seashore resort to become the “summer capital of the nation.” Seven U.S. Chief Executives (Grant, Hayes, Wilson, Garfield, Arthur, Harrison and McKinley) all chose to summer here and worship. In 1881, the St. James Episcopal Chapel was built and consecrated. Constructed in the traditional shape of a cross, its architecture resembles a cottage of the pseudo-Tudor design which was so popular in the 1880′s.