it feels like a fever dream but I remember going with like girls scouts almost 30 years ago and there was just like a garden of rocks, and a pond with rocks in it, and a blacklight room with glow in the dark rocks, please someone tell me they know what I’m talking about.
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FrisbeeDays t1_j9bpg37 wrote
The Stone Museum in Monroe Twp, Middlesex County on Spotswood-Englishtown Road?
TanguyIncognito t1_j9bpyrc wrote
That's gotta be it. One of the most bizarre places around, really wish I had my wedding there.
PickleLS10 t1_j9btt0i wrote
That place is literally in the woods behind my parents house in Monroe.
Here's some pics and story on the place from weird NJ.
https://weirdnj.com/stories/roadside-oddities/greeks-playland-monroe/
Fishing4Advice t1_j9cb3a3 wrote
Franklin mineral museum!?
killdrea OP t1_j9cdlkh wrote
That would be wild
ElderberryExternal99 t1_j9chxao wrote
It's closed down sadly. Won't be long before the builders get a hold of the Property.
mcgeggy t1_j9ck3h4 wrote
I took my daughters one summer around 7 years ago. It was only open on weekends at the time (supposedly) and we didn’t realize and went midweek. It was still pretty cool and a little spooky walking around the property, it was mostly outdoors anyway.
killdrea OP t1_j9cpltl wrote
That’s definitely it, thank you.
iJayZen t1_j9d11t9 wrote
Wow, lived in central jersey for decades and never knew of this.
OkBid1535 t1_j9d6shj wrote
If you wanna check out an amazing rock museum go to sterling hill mine! Then take a tour of the mines and you’ll actually see them glow rainbow when the guide turns on the black lights
Amazing experience and well worth the trip!!! Highly recommend it to everyone
OkBid1535 t1_j9d6uo0 wrote
Ahhh yes you’ve been to the Sterling hill mine too!!! It’s such a treasure
Reign_man1193 t1_j9d9jw8 wrote
Grew up 7 mins from there!! Used to go all the time with my family. Had a whole collection of the colored rocks and shark teeth you could get in the gift shop. What a time to be alive
papelpicadoarcoiris t1_j9dikxi wrote
I grew up just around the corner and would ride bikes there as a kid to have picnics in the summer. They always let us hang out around the museum/property with the exception of the gift shop. As someone else said, I always wanted to have my wedding there but by that time they were already closed. The Weird NJ link shows the clown and you can often see him thru the woods off Mounts Mills during the fall/winter.
polypcity t1_j9dprch wrote
There is a mineral show that comes by every year, it has some gnarly shit.
ksbwalker43 t1_j9eqd8k wrote
Sterling mines
Flashinglights0101 t1_j9etx46 wrote
It is still there.
MDfor30minutes t1_j9fh4wn wrote
***Monroe so it’ll be a 55+ community or warehouse soon
myceliogenes t1_j9fktzo wrote
that place is abandoned now, the owner died in 2019. going to go and check it out soon and see what remains
AdComprehensive4529 t1_j9fxkqu wrote
Sterling hill? The Franklin museum ? I’ve been trying to go there
ThatEcologist t1_j9gbld2 wrote
Are you sure it was central? Sounds like Sterling Hill in Sparta.
irckeyboardwarrior t1_j9bpc8f wrote
It's closed.
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.3331053,-74.3774874,3a,26y,278.07h,92.14t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sGon4A2YTdHy-rFrqC0VNkA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192