Lucy the Elephant
Margate City
Constructed as a marketing gimmick by a land speculator in 1881
The structure is six-stories tall, and weighs 90 tons.
Previously a hotel and a restaurant, now Lucy is a museum.
Jean Shepherd lovingly saluted this landmark in 1969.

Wreck of the Atlantus
Sunset Beach
Cape May
The Atlantus was one of a fleet of a dozen experimental concrete ships built during WWI. After the war, the ship was to be part of the docking structure of a ferry service, But, during a storm in 1926, the Atlantus sunk.
Strong currents around the wreck cause many large and attractive pieces of quartz crystal -- Cape May diamonds -- to wash up on Sunset Beach.

The Miss America pageant and Atlantic City have always been perfect together.

The street names in the Monopoly game are real streets in Atlantic City.

All of New Jersey's counties are metropolitan areas -- the only state where that's the case.

New Jersey beats Kentucky by a length when it comes to the number of race horses.

More Americans of Cuban descent live in Union City than Havana, Cuba has residents.

New Jersey's highway and railroad infrastructure is the most concentrated in the US.

New Jersey is the Diner Capital of the World. More diners push the cheesburger and pepsi here than anyplace else.

Both of the "New York" Pro football teams call New Jersey home.

North Jersey has seven large shopping malls, all in 25 square miles -- a world record.

Are two-thirds of the world's eggplants grown in New Jersey? A special investigation by the Star Ledger says no.

Don't accept second best! Jersey tomatoes are superior.

Berry good! New Jersey is tops in the production of blueberries and cranberries.

Campbell's Soup started in 1897 in Camden County.

With more than 50 resorts -- including some of the best known like Atlantic City, Asbury Park, Cape May. Wildwood, Long Branch, and Seaside Heights -- New Jersey is one of the nation's recreation capitals.

New Jersey tests the coastal water quality more thoroughly than any other State.

New Jersey leads the country in chemical production (including pharmaceuticals).

The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island are both in New Jersey.