Lucy the Margate Elephant

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Drive around the beach communities just south of Atlantic City and something massive, gray and kitsch will stop you in your tracks: Lucy the Margate Elephant, a 65-foot high wooden pachyderm constructed in 1881 as a developer's truly weird scheme to attract land buyers to the area. The interior is divided into rooms - it was actually leased as a summer home in 1902 - and was used for a short time as a tavern, but rowdy patrons almost destroyed her.

Now recognized on the National Register of Historic Places, Lucy is open daily in summertime for tours, which start every half hour.The interior is divided into rooms - it was actually leased as a summer home in 1902 - and was used for a short time as a tavern, but rowdy patrons almost destroyed her. Now recognized on the National Register of Historic Places, Lucy is open daily in summertime for tours, which start every half hour.