Wildwood History Articles

Exploring An Abandoned Morey's Piers Ride Morey’s Piers was founded in 1969 after Will and Bill Morey decided to build a slide just off the boardwalk and on the beach. It’s been 51 years and Morey’s pier...

The Disney Cape May Connection Let’s be honest, at some point in your many years of vacationing here in Cape May and in the Wildwoods, you heard some kind of rumor about Disney coming down here. The Disne...

The Time 280 Alligators Got Loose In Wildwood From Jan 17, 1920 – Dec 5, 1933 prohibition hit the country hard. With a full government support there was a ban on the production, importation, transportation, ...

Wildwood's Historic Sea Theatre SAVED! We have some AMAZING news out of the Wildwoods today! Preserving the Wildwoods As you know, we try to do everything in our power to preserve Wildwood history. From s...

We have some sad news coming out of the Wildwoods today. The iconic whale watching boat, Big Blue Sightseer has officially closed it’s doors. On a Facebook post today they posted this; “Captain ...

Salt Water Taffy Was Created 137 Years Ago Today Salt Water Taffy Was Created 137 Years Ago Today Today in 1883 a tropical storm hit Atlantic City NJ. In those days was no accurate weather forecasting and ...

Building The N. Wildwood Seawall + Photos During this pandemic one of the best places that I have been getting my exercise on is the North Wildwood Seawall or what it’s really called, the Anglesea Hereford I...

Did You Know Little Richard Once Performed In Wildwood? Did You Know Little Richard Once Performed In Wildwood? Unfortunately today it was announced that Rock and Roll super star, Little Richard had passed a...

The Cape May Restaurant That Sits On A Sunken Ship The Cape May Restaurant That Sits On A Sunken Ship Come in closer as I tell you a story about a Cape May Restaurant that sits above a sunken ship. That's Ri...

Cape May’s Abandoned WWI Bunker Loving history, especially here in Cape May County, I was told some years ago that somewhere in Cape May there sits a bunker from World War I. For the most part, people know o...