The most popular place to visit in New Jersey, Atlantic City is known for its gambling casinos and as the home of the Miss America pageant. Top waterfront attractions in the city include the famous wood-plank Boardwalk and Gardner’s Basin. This area offers waterfront dining, shopping, fishing, dolphin sighting cruises and the Atlantic City Aquarium; best of all, parking is free here. New Jersey’s tallest lighthouse, Absecon, is located at Pacific and Rhode Island avenues.