America’s Oldest Surviving Roadside Attraction
Lucy the Elephant was built in 1882 in what is now Margate, New Jersey. James V. Lafferty had a six-story elephant constructed as a public relations stunt to draw attention, and it sure did. Lafferty probably had no idea...
https://www.neatorama.com/2018/08/05/Americas-Oldest-Surviving-Roadside-Attraction/