Atlantic City Sights

  1. Lucy the Margate Elephant

    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.

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  2. The Boardwalk

    Atlantic City's famous Boardwalk was the first in the world, built in 1870 by local business owners who wanted to cut down on sand being tracked into hotel lobbies by guests returning from the beach. Alexander Boardman came up with the idea, and the long stretch of planks became known as Boardman's Walk - later shortened to 'Boardwalk'.

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