Feature articles that have appeared in Cape May Magazine
Frank Furness’s 1876 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts building
and the 1879 Emlen Physick Estate
The years following World War II were not good to Cape May. War industries and military bases were dismantled, resulting in a decrease in the number of year-round jobs. As the 1960s dawned, many stores had gone out of business, hard-to-maintain summer Victorian cottages were in disrepair and no longer […]
This is about a company that began with an ambition to improve the science of studying bird migratory habits and about a couple of people who worked it all out at a kitchen table. It’s about how it grew into a worldwide supplier of the tiniest little devices that follow […]
Grains are the cornerstone of civilization. Their domestication and cultivation allowed us to abandon the nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyle, setting down roots and forging the beginning of social living. The three grains providing this foundation are maize (corn), wheat, and rice, the latter of which is the primary food staple for […]
No trip to Philadelphia is complete without a stop at the Reading Terminal Market. This grand dame of public bazaars—a Philly stalwart for well over a century—has 76 merchant stands, including butchers, bakers, fishmongers, poulterers, plus a handful of boutiques and specialty shops. Mostly, though, it’s about the food. The […]
How a community initiative came to life, start to finish.
It doesn’t snow much in Cape May. In fact the last time there was snow on the ground during the holidays was 2010. It capped off the snowiest winter in Cape May history. The winter of 2010 saw 54 total inches of snow, including a 24” blizzard over Super Bowl […]
The magic of Christmas comes from the compassion of the community.
From tee to green, Union League National Golf Club’s 27 scenic holes are a golfer’s paradise featuring challenging, risk-reward opportunities
In command of an afternoon train to Cape May in July 1883, locomotive engineer Joseph Wheaton was shocked to see an oncoming train on the same track.
Surfboarding and skateboarding are inherent activities to a beach town like Cape May. Surfing may have spawned skating, originally referred to as “sidewalk surfing” in the 1950s. Designed to emulate riding waves on the west coast, skateboarding eventually became a cultural phenomenon and serious sport. The progression of skateboarding was […]
Boats, Planes, and Automobiles—and the acronyms of the Delaware River and Bay Authority When hearing the acronym DRBA, people either have no idea what it stands for, or they immediately think of it as the Cape May-Lewes Ferry (CMLF), and they would be correct. But it is much more than […]