Wildwood History Articles

Every Wildwood Song Written What is your favorite Wildwood song ? We wanted to put together a list of Wildwood songs that we ever heard of. There could be more out there that we do not know about and if that i...

Wildwood’s George the Gorilla Working with the Wildwood Video Archive I sometimes get asked about motels and attractions that are no longer around. Sometimes it’s an easy answer and others I have to dig d...

Hereford Light’s Sister Lighthouses Did you know North Wildwood’s Hereford Inlet Lighthouse Has a sister lighthouse on the other side of the United States? What’s even crazier is that she has two sister...

Where Cape May Got It’s Name Are you anything like us and wondered where Cape May got it’s name? It’s the kind of question that had me digging deep into the history books to find. Just think about this...

Another Wildwood Neon Sign Sent To The Dumpster That's right folks! Sadly yet another Wildwood Neon Sign has made its way into a dumpster. It makes me sad to see such a thing happen. Here at the Wildwood Vide...

The Yacht That Sunk In Wildwood In some of the Wildwood message boards we have been talking about an old schooner yacht that had sunk in Wildwood in late 1963. I had briefly heard stories about the ship but wa...

This is a prime example on why I created the Wildwood Video Archive. I wanted to create a space to preserve Wildwood's history on video. Remember, if you have a old Wildwood film, feel free to send it to us to ...

Cape May's Concrete Ship's Bell Found, Sorta This great story that only a hand full of people know about is brought to us by Ben Miller. A story that can finally be told... People often forget that at ...

Hindenburg in Cape May We all have seen the Hindenburg photo over Wildwood, but did you know there was a video that existed of the Hindenburg in Cape May? This photo (pictured on the right) which by the cap...

The Wildwood Song You Didnt Know Existed When you think of Wildwood based songs, the first one that comes to mind is Bobby Rydell’s famous “Wildwood Days” and sometimes the occasional, “Wildwood By The...