Clifftops & Mansions
Allison’s Will
William O. Allison’s life story spanned the Palisades, literally and figuratively, from riverfront village to cliff-top estate.
Read MoreA Stop Along the Long Path
The Women’s Monument in the Palisades Interstate Park in New Jersey is now part of New Jersey’s Women’s Heritage Trail.
Read MoreGray Crag
Traces still survive of showman John Ringling’s summer estate on the Palisades at Alpine.
Read MoreCliff Dale
Though it was razed in 1939, hikers still come upon the impressive ruins of George Zabriskie’s summer estate on top of the Palisades in Alpine.
Read MoreMajor Armstrong’s Tower
The world’s first FM radio tower, built by Edwin Armstrong in 1938, is still in operation today on top of the Palisades.
Read MoreRemembering America’s Showplace
The Riviera nightclub brought some of the world’s biggest names in show business to the top of the Palisades in Fort Lee.
Read MoreFootnote
Remembering Margaret Oltman Dean, who grew up in the house that became our Headquarters building.
Read MoreStranger Than Weird
In the 1920s, Cora Timken and John Burnett built a secluded estate atop the Palisades in Alpine.
Read MorePenlyn
Our Park Headquarters was once“Penlyn,” the home of Henry Herbert Oltman and his family.
Read MoreFire on the Mountain
The Palisades Mountain House was one of the most elegant hotels in the country when it burned to the ground in 1884.
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