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Lucy The Elephant, New Jersey

This humongous elephant was built in 1881. At first, it was called the Elephant Bazaar. This elephant-shaped building served a hotel for some time as well. But the building endured many disasters. For instance, one time a fire broke out and another time the howdah from Lucy's back was blown off. At the end, the city decided to abandon the building in 1960.

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But the good news is that a developer tried to tear down Lucy but people formed a committee and prevented it from happening. Now, Lucy the Elephant is restored.