Just a reminder – July 4th at 11:59p EST is the deadline for entering the Scouting NY/The Jazz Session contest to win $100 to The Jazz Standard, one of the best jazz rooms in New York City! So if you’ve been thinking about entering, now’s the time to do it!

How to enter? In 1958, 57 notable . . .

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It’s been a while since I last scouted in Jersey, but this past Friday, I found myself searching the Morristown area for a country road. I happened to turn down a residential street…

…passing a handful of your typical upper class houses that can be found pretty much anywhere:

Nothing particularly of note here…

And then, I saw a very unusual home:

What the heck is this?? It almost looks like the house is playing a game of hide and seek from the other houses, and just found the best hiding spot ever.

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I was driving down 110th Street the other day when I noticed an unusual truck up ahead…

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This property was demolished in April 2013.

Growing up in Massachusetts, there was never any shortage of ghost houses: crumbling, hundred year-old derelicts that would fuel many a sleepover double-dog-dare (“I double dog dare to you to knock on the door!” “No way!” “Wuss!”).

One of my favorites was just a few blocks from my house, a gorgeous . . .

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Sorry if it’s been a little quiet this week, I’m in the midst of a big apartment move. Ha, while I was cleaning out some old college boxes, I found this card that someone gave me the first night I was in New York. I was 18 and still scared to be out in the city at night, and all of a sudden, this . . .

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Scouting NY and The Jazz Session have teamed up to bring you a contest with a really fantastic prize: a $100 gift certificate to The Jazz Standard in New York City!

Not only is the Jazz Standard one of the best jazz rooms in New York, they also serve up some great barbecue from . . .

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