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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Edison

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Edison, New Jersey

Updated November 18, 2022

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Edison, New Jersey

Menlo Park Lightbulb

A giant light 13 feet high shines near Thomas Edison's old Menlo Park lab.

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Hoopar Brothers Gravestone

In a New Jersey cemetery, the final resting place of two brothers who fell victim to a deadly mushroom.
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The gravesite among the asphalt.

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Evans/Ellis Cemetery

Seven people are buried in the middle of what's now a movie theater parking lot.
2 miles from Edison
The Spider Crab hanging on the second floor balcony of the museum.

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Japanese Giant Spider Crab

This exoskeleton was gifted to Rutgers University by Japan for its role in educating some of the first Japanese citizens to study outside the country.
2 miles from Edison
Cornelius Low House

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Cornelius Low House

One of the last-standing and most prominent structures from a long-lost colonial port community.
2 miles from Edison
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East Jersey Old Town Village

A historic town sits upon the site of a long-lost 18th-century trading community.
3 miles from Edison
Centennial Rock with the carvings “E Suydam 1876 M Danbury Centennial Year.” Followed by the mysterious cypher. Unfortunately, weathering and possible vandalism has made much of the carving illegible. Early images of the carving in a better state of preservation can be viewed here: https://weirdnj.com/stories/cryptic-carvings-along-lawrence-brook/

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Lawrence Brook Carvings

A mixture of strange symbols, ciphers, words and cryptograms carved in 1876 remain unsolved to this day.
3 miles from Edison
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