WWII Casings Found On Sea Isle City Beach For those who love to take your metal detector on vacation for you in search of treasure, one local women found history in Sea Isle. As you know, the winter and spring storms are very rough on our beaches. The constant flux of the shifting sand causes …
Remembering The Golden Nugget Ride Farewell Ceremony As you know I love to tell Wildwood history but today I stumbled upon something that I really wanted to spotlight. Dark in the Park, which is a website and a YouTube page that specializes dark rides at different amusement parks around the country, uploaded a really awesome …
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 piers are still giving us plenty of fun. In those 51 years the piers had seen many different changes. …
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. For instance, these rumors you could have heard were that Disney stole the idea of the Jungle Cruise ride …
The Time 280 Alligators Got Loose In Wildwood From Jan 17, 1920 – Dec 5, 1933 prohibition hit the country hard. With full government support, there was a ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages. The government trusted local law enforcement to carry out the law of removing and discarding all …
Wildwood’s Historic Sea Theatre SAVED! We have some AMAZING news out of the Wildwoods today! As you know, we try to do everything in our power to preserve Wildwood history. From scanning 8mm films to historical videos, we like to keep the memories of Wildwood alive. Yesterday we received word that a historic theater, the …
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 Schumann and the Crew of the Big Blue Sightseer would like to thank all of you for your support over the past …
Salt Water Taffy Was Created 137 Years Ago Today [Story by Rick Grenda from the Facebook Group, About South Jersey] Today in 1883 a tropical storm hit Atlantic City NJ. In those days was no accurate weather forecasting and storms often arrived without warning. The night before David Bradley closed up his small candy 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 Inlet Seawall. This walkway always felt like it was here but less than 15 years ago there was no …
Did You Know Little Richard Once Performed In Wildwood? Unfortunately today it was announced that Rock and Roll super star, Little Richard had passed at the age of 87. It wasn’t covid-19 related. But did you know that he once performed in the Wildwoods? The Wildwoods from the 1950s through the late 1970s was considered …