Wildwood History Articles

Remembering the Flying Dutchman Lounge Through-out the decades there have been many amazing places to stay and get a drink. For those who can remember, at one point there used to be a Holiday Inn motel here i...

The Philly Church That Moved To Cape May St. Peter’s by the Sea may look like an ordinary church but in reality, it has an extraordinary story. It wasn’t constructed here in Cape May Point, it once stoo...

Remembering The Cape May Magnesite Plant Sunset Beach in Cape May is the go-to place if you want to catch one of the best sunsets in the State. It’s strange to think that at one point this beautiful view use...

The Lost Cape May Race Track In the 1800s there was one sport that captured the minds of Americans. It wasn’t baseball, though it was starting to gain popularity, it was horse racing. Up and down the coastl...

The Waterpark Wildwood NEVER Got If you have been following the news lately you would have seen that a new waterpark is coming to Atlantic City. The $100 million indoor water park will sit on the Atlantic Cit...

Moving A Victorian Hotel - The Shamrock - Video Recap Yesterday, January 19th, was finally the day we got to see some Wildwood history saved. At 8 o’clock this morning, crews started inching the historic V...

Escape From Dinosaur Beach Is Coming Back! Do you reminder the short-lived theme pier Dinosaur Beach? It opened in 1996 on the former Hunt's Pier. The folks who currently own the Steel Pier in Atlantic City wa...

The Experiment Gone Wrong - The Philadelphia Experiment It was October 28th, 1943 and the United States was entering what would be World War II. The US was getting ready for D-Day and our ships off our coastl...

Crest Beach Patrol Announce End of 2021 Season Coverage The Wildwood Crest Beach Patrol has announced its late-season beach coverage for 2021. All beaches will be open and protected by lifeguards, weather per...

Is It The Cape May Airport or Wildwood Airport? While vacationing down here in the Wildwoods, Cape May, Stone Harbor...etc you may have noticed some private jets and small planes flying low. This is due to ou...