It is centered on the area known as Skansen Kurpiowski which is an open-air museum, with several examples of mostly 19th century architecture from the region of Kurpie.

The town's landmark is a World War II tank that stands overlooking the Narew river from atop a hill.

By early 14th century, it already was the seat of a castellany; on Nowogrod’s stamp from 1320, a Latin inscription Signum Novogrodensis is visible.

[1] It enjoyed a number of privileges, especially during the period known as Polish Golden Age, when it was an important center of trade, commerce and honey-making.

During the German Invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, heavy fighting between Poles and the advancing Wehrmacht took place here, leaving Nowogród almost completely destroyed.