Lucy The Elephant Wins Best Roadside Attraction In All Of America
Remember when we did the story about how USA Today was doing a vote on the best roadside attraction across the whole country? Remember how we were pleasantly surprised that our own Jersey shore classic, “Lucy The Elephant” was included? Remember how we asked you to vote? Well, guess what? She won!
Congratulations, Rat Rock Nation: You did it! National newspaper USA Today put up an impressive list of competition and asked their readers across the country to vote in their “Best Roadside Attraction” tally. Roadside attractions of nearly every shape and creation were included along with our own Jersey shore icon Lucy the Elephant. Lucy came out on top of the list, which you can see here.
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Voters could choose from some really impressive roadside attractions and some pretty lame ones too. For example, the World’s Largest Ball of Twine could have received your vote (lame). The Pencil Sharpener Museum was in the running too (very lame).
Wall Drug in South Dakota was also in the running for Best Roadside Attraction. Believe it or not, I’ve actually been to this nominee, back on a family trip to the Badlands back in the early 1980’s. I thought it was pretty cool. But nowhere near as cool as the eventual winner: Lucy the Elephant in Margate, New Jersey.
To my shock and awe, all three of what I just mentioned were in the top ten of Best Roadside Attraction according to USA Today voters. The twine was #3 , Wall Drug was #9, and the pencil sharpener museum was #6.
Lucy: Best Roadside Attraction
Let’s face it: Lucy the Elephant is one seriously unique place to visit. Since it’s not a super long drive from Monmouth and Ocean counties, I know of a few families who make a yearly pilgrimage to the grey girl. Since she got a much needed renovation costing $2.4 million, Lucy the Elephant has been welcoming visitors back weekends and weekends, depending on the season. Click here for visiting hours.
Speaking of cool places to visit on the Jersey shore: I recently took my kids to see ‘Ole Barny… The Barnegat Lighthouse. Check out the pics below.
