Newark has lots of history. Seth Boyden invented patent leather there. Celluloid film was invented in Newark making movies possible. Branch Brook Park was the 1st County park in the US. Its annual Cherry Blossom festival, bigger than DC's draws crowds from around the world. Forest Hill features historic mansions & the Ballantine Gates. Fairmount & Mt Pleasant cemeteries feature beautiful monuments & architecture. There's the Newark Museum of Art & the historic Italian renaissance style Newark Library. There's Weequahic park with its beautiful lake & architectural gems in gazebos & rain shelters. We have Rutgers, NJIT, Essex County College, Berkely & Seton Hall University. We have The Prudential Center(Newark Arena) & NJPAC (NewJersey Perorming Arts Center) Theres restaurants all over the city, but the greatest concentration is in Downneck-Ironbound with its heavy Portuguese,Brazilian & Spanish influence. If you love trains, you'll love Newark. One of the largest east coast rail yards is in the Oak Island section of Newark btw the Ironbound & Newark Liberty (EWR) International airport.

We have the second largest ocean port in the US. Port Newark-Elizabeth. Go see the ships full of containers unload & placed onto railroad cars. Newark also has art galleries , Farmers market & many community events.