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-- Best New Jersey Day Trips - Camden  (under construction)

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Camden

One of New Jersey's poorest and highest-crime cities, Camden nonetheless offers a worthwhile day trip, particularly focused on the Battleship New Jersey; the Adventure Aquarium; and the Walt Whitman House;  Established as a fur trading post in 1626, Camden later became major industrial center, corporate headquarters of Campbell Soup one of only remaining signs of old firms.
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• Adventure Aquarium                                            houses over 15,000 aquatic species, including largest collection of sharks on East Coast and only great hammerhead shark on exhibit in US, along with the popular Shark Bridge, world's longest, V-shaped rope suspension bridge allowing visitors to walk inches above 21-foot deep Shark Realm exhibit. also only aquarium in world to exhibit hippos (two from Nile each weighing 3,000 pounds), one of only six facilities in US to have Little Blue penguins as permanent residents  Guides are available for questions and conversation in the Captain’s Quarters and CEC. Aquarium (online daily tickets ages 13 and over $29.99; 2 through 12 $19.99) ​

• Battleship New Jersey                                                                                                                        Ship built at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, launched December 7, 1942, first anniversary of Pearl Harbor attack. Battleship New Jersey (self-guided tour with audio narration $24.95 ages 18 through 61; seniors 62 and over and children 5-17 $19.95; higher for guided tours, free for active military and WW II veterans), Main Deck features Exhibit/ Museum that depicts 48 years in and out of service during WW II, Viet Nam, Middle East. Guides are available for questions and conversation in the Captain’s Quarters and CEC. ​

• Walt Whitman House only home Whitman ever owned, purchased in 1884 for $1750, Whitman lived there until his death in 1892 at age seventy-two (grave in Harleigh Cemetery in Collingswood). House includes photographs of period, Whitman's original letters, personal belongings, bed in which he died, and death notice nailed to front door..  a National Historic Landmark, , and the death notice that was nailed to the front door have all been preserved, as well as a collection of rare nineteenth-century photographs, including the earliest known image of Whitman - an 1848 daguerreotype. ​

*  Where to Eat in Camden NJ, 1/27/2017, Eater.com
​*  Best Restaurants in Camden NJ, Yelp.com

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*  National Register of Historic Places-New Jersey​

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