All Aboard! A trip back in time on the Fishing Train
Few people today have heard about Fishing Trains, which carried anglers to places for good fishing across the country.
Feature articles that have appeared in Cape May Magazine
Few people today have heard about Fishing Trains, which carried anglers to places for good fishing across the country.
This year, it’s party time—times three—for the Bay Atlantic Symphony. In 2023, the ensemble observes 40 years of music, 25 years with conductor Jed Gaylin, and 20 years as a partner of Cape May MAC.
Among the ornate architecture of Cape May is a nondescript cinder block building tucked into a small side street, with green painted letters on the front of the building identifying it as the VFW Post 386.
How Bob Smeltzer Grew the Iconic Smeltzer & Sons From a Chicken Coop
Prior inhabitants and present artifacts of the Museum of Cape May County
Part V of our ongoing home renovation series
How Animals Hibernate Aristotle postulated that the swallows and kites of Greece spend the winter in holes in the ground. He further mused about swallows being found without feathers in their cavities. Over time, these myths would build on ancient misconceptions of swallows in the north spending the cold season […]
Where to fix your reading itch in Cape May Reading and sitting on the beach just go together. Along with kids and adults splashing in the surf and playing games are readers with a nose buried in a book on a summer day. A small town by the sea needs […]
Part IV of our ongoing home renovation series
Cape May is unique for plenty of reasons. According to renowned medium, Craig McManus, it’s also noteworthy for having a ghost or… two.
He’s seen the world, but Stan Sperlak prefers the view from a country barn in South Jersey. Now the artist is sharing his homestead with the rest of us.
Seventy years ago, the summer crowd in Cape May settled in for another July and August season of fun. Beach time, swimming, parties, tennis, yachting, fishing, theater, and nightclubs filled up the days and nights of cottagers who made Cape May their home during the summer months. Many people owned […]
Part III of our ongoing home renovation series
When you first encounter the Fresnel lens at the Cape May County Museum, your imagination may wander. If aliens visited, would they feel a kinship to this crystal ship? The Fresnel Lens once lived inside the lantern room, located at the top of the third (yes, third) Cape May Lighthouse. […]
Though Cape May County is noted for sandy beaches, strollable boardwalks, and delightful downtowns, there is a tremendous amount of farmland that gives the Garden State its nickname.