7 Reasons Red Bank NJ Is One of the Country's Coolest Towns

Why is Red Bank, NJ such a hot spot? It claims no place in U.S. History. There are no illustrious museums or even major corporations here. Red Bank's first resort hotel, an attempt to draw tourists despite these deficiencies, went belly-up a year after it was built in 1928. So what is it about Red Bank that earned it one of Smithsonian Magazine's Coolest Towns?Let me count the ways:1.