Some visitors, racing along the turnpike between Philadelphia and New York, might agree with Benjamin Franklin, who quipped that New Jersey was like “a barrel tapped at both ends” by these two major cities just across its borders. But, like Franklin, highway speedsters miss the hidden pleasures that are uniquely New Jersey’s. The state is filled with secret splendors that are readily apparent to those who pause to explore and savor.

Millbrook Village, New Jersey