The beach, the pool, the theme park, the water park, the campground.

You can count the classic summer family activities on one hand.

But what about the other hand?

Where can you take the kids that they haven't been a million times? What activities don't involve swim trunks, wristbands, tick inspection, and the Garden State Parkway at 5 p.m. on a Sunday afternoon?

Here are five less ordinary places to visit in New Jersey. Odd places. Interesting places. Places that, in some cases, are even a tiny bit sinister. A word that derives from the Latin term for left-handed. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.

These are the places you can count on the other hand.

Take them haunting

Ghosts are like any other kind of tenant. There are good ones and bad ones.

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