Built in the late 19th Century as a summer destination for wealthy railroad barons and their families, Atlantic City is perhaps the best known seashore resort in the US. The city that gave us the famed Boardwalk – not to mention the Miss America pageant, the White House Sub Shop and salt water taffy – has undergone dramatic changes through the years. The heyday of Steel Pier, Million Dollar Pier, Steeplechase Pier and the Planters Nut Factory is long gone. Glitzy casino hotels now dominate the skyline. At least you can still travel from casino to casino using Atlantic City’s traditional modes of transportation – rolling chairs (on the Boardwalk) and jitneys.

MONOPOLY fans know that the game’s streets and other colored properties can all still be found in Atlantic City – except of course for Marvin Gardens (correctly spelled “Marven Gardens”), a planned community of charming old homes located on the border of Atlantic City’s neighbors to the south, MARgate and VENtnor.

SON OF SWOOP: “One morning I woke up underneath Lucy, the giant old elephant structure just off the beach in Margate. Freaked me out. How I ended up there I’ll never know. All I remember from the night before is having an undetermined number of drinks and going on a hot streak at the Borgata crap table.”

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