It’s actually a beautiful state once you get away from certain areas. The Revolutionary War history is amazing. In north central NJ you can’t go more than a couple miles without being on a battle, skirmish or encampment site. Washington spent almost 1/4 of the Revolutionary War in NJ.
That is something visitors from other states out west describe; they don’t have buildings built 300+ years ago.
My town (in fact much of northeastern NJ) was part of the New Netherland settlement (a dozen miles west of NYC); the Dutch defeated the Swedes in western NJ to control the state, then lost to the British. While other states have earlier European settlement, most others haven’t been settled since the early 1600s. There is no shortage of history here.