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A haunt host in a top hat points a flashlight at a red mill full of friendly ghosts as a family rides by on a hay wagon.

Haunted Red Mill in Clinton: NJ's Prettiest Postcard Spends October Trying to Scare You

The Red Mill in Clinton might be the most photographed spot in New Jersey. Every October, an all-volunteer crew turns it into the Haunted Red Mill, and they've been at it since Labor Day.
Mike McGinn 19 Oct 2026
Three cartoon capybara pups wreck a diner: one flips pancakes, one sings into a hot sauce bottle, one cannonballs into a giant gravy boat.

Turtle Back Zoo Capybara Triplets Get Their Names: Butters, Biscuit and Gravy

Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange let visitors name its three new capybara pups, and New Jersey answered with a breakfast order. I've never felt more understood by a state.
Mike McGinn 18 Oct 2026

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