Ong’s Hat — Burlington County, Pine Barrens New Jersey’s most mysterious ghost town — little more than a wooded clearing deep in the Pinelands today. The most popular folk legend says a local man named Ong had his silk hat stomped on at a dance and flung it into a pine tree in frustration, where it hung for years as a local landmark. But an actual Ong family descendant wrote to the New York Times claiming the real name was always “Ong’s Hut” — a rest shelter his ancestors built during grain-hauling trips through the Barrens — and that the name was simply corrupted on early maps. Either way, Ong’s Hat later became ground zero for internet-era conspiracy theories about Princeton scientists conducting interdimensional travel experiments in the woods. Today there’s almost nothing left but the legend. 📍 39.8568° N, 74.5579° W — Pemberton Township, Burlington County Read More: New Jersey ghost towns: abandoned villages and how to find them | https://nj1015.com/new-jersey-ghost-towns/