Batsto, NJ is the town that almost didn't exist. While once a thriving Iron, timber, and concrete industrial village for generations, but by the earlier 1900's it was fading into the pine barrens. But a man called Wharton bought it all and then NJ state bought it as part of a State forest preserve. Cool place to visit. Lots of history and a very nice guided tour. Learn about what village life was like back in the 1800's.