History

You may pass them daily, but here is the story behind the companies featured in some prominent fading signs in Jersey City.

The Gilded Era estate is now owned by Essex County and is open for tours and events on the grounds.

Jersey City’s largest green space features diverse attractions that range from restaurants to a bird sanctuary, but the land wasn’t always so pristine.

New Jersey’s largest city is literally filled with signs of its prosperous past. Curiosity got the best of us, so we dug up the history of some of the city's more prominent ghost signs.

Abandoned following a devastating fire in 2007, the Gothic-style church and parsonage at 158-162 Mercer Street has a particularly colorful - and at times, 'silent' - history.

The invention of celluloid camera film, which revolutionized the industry, occurred in Newark. However, the building in which it was invented, and the history behind the structure, might surprise you.

For 21 years, New York’s first tabloid newspaper has been printed in Jersey City. Jersey Digs was given an exclusive look at the facility.

Jersey Digs has obtained plans for a massive new complex with micro-manufacturing, shops, apartments, and more on the Krueger-Scott Mansion property.

Immigrants flocking to Hoboken near the turn of the 20th century caused a building boom in the city, and a few social clubs built during the era still stand today.

The historic graveyard, which hopes to one day be restored into a park and museum, will be hosting a free Memorial Day ceremony honoring fallen soldiers complete with a musical tribute.