Cape May Magazine

09/26/2025

The real-feel might be 80 degrees, but it’s looking like fall on the Mall - come see us at Oktoberfest tomorrow!

09/26/2025

"This painting was inspired by one of my favorite places to watch a beautiful sunset."

09/25/2025

Vintage postcards of Cape May to start your day

Stop by our booth at Oktoberfest on Saturday to pick up free prints! We have a few hundred & will give them out while supplies last. The booth will probably be on Carpenter's Lane near our office; we'll update our story when we know the exact spot.

1: Ocean Street north from the beach. That's the Colonial on the right, today known as the Inn of Cape May. The building across from it was later moved to Beach Avenue and is now called the Morning Star Villa.

2: Beach Avenue with a glimpse of the Christian Admiral & the original promenade arches

3: Congress Place

4: Beach Avenue. On the left is The Lafayette on Beach Avenue, designed by Stephen Decatur Button. The Marquis de Lafayette stands there today but is not the same structure. The Lafayette was demolished in the '70s :-(

09/24/2025

If Aphrodite visited your vegetable garden, what do you think her reaction would be?

09/22/2025

At the east End of the 500 block of the Washington Street Mall is the CAPE MAY sign that has served as a focal point for visitors to capture a souvenir photo for about 40 years.

09/19/2025

Cape May: inspiring artists from all over for a couple hundred years now

We found vacationing California artist set up on Washington Street, painting the subject house of our December 2024 Preserved Properties column.

History, art, architecture? We’ve got it all in Cape May Magazine.

09/19/2025

In 1907, while experimenting to create an alternative for shellac, a Belgian chemist discovered a new product. He named it Bakelite

In 1907, while experimenting to create an alternative for shellac, a Belgian chemist discovered a new product. He named it Bakelite

09/18/2025

“At the end of the day, I’m satisfied. I have enough of everything, work and love as well. I believe in music and in my own way I believe I’m fighting for peace every time I get to sing. I can’t imagine what I’d rather be doing right now.” - Gordon Vincent

Read more about this Cape May musician in our Fall issue.

Pictured: Gordon performing at Tunesday Tuesday on the Washington Street Mall. Photo by Cassidy Jones

(Bonus: That's our office door on the right!)

09/17/2025

As you head into the center of Cape May, you may notice an unusually shaped house on Lafayette Street—the 1860 Jeremiah Schellenger House, more commonly known as the Octagon House.

09/15/2025

Cape May Magazine Fall issue cover reveal: porch at the Mainstay

The Fall issue is here! If you're a subscriber, your copy will be on its way to you soon. Individual issues are available in various shops around Cape May. Visit our link in bio for a list of stores

Photo: Michelle Giorla

09/15/2025

It wasn’t long ago that laundry rooms were treated like an afterthought—if they existed at all.