High Point Monument's popularity is justified by its stunning vistas. The 2.8-mile hike, with a 515-foot elevation gain, presents the most challenging climb on this list, but the payoff is immense.

The March exchange was in regard to a proposal to build four industrial buildings across from the Route 33 entrance to the Monmouth Battlefield State Park, just to the south of the park.

April 19 marks 250 years since the first gunfire of the American Revolution rang out at 5:30 a.m. northwest of Boston.

NEPTUNE -- Next year the country will celebrate it's semiquincentennial birthday, or 250th year, and it's shaping up to be a year of patriotic parades, fairs and contests. Monmouth County, site of ...