There’s just something about the eeriness of an abandoned amusement park that captivates us. While some are demolished to ...

What’s scarier than a wooden roller coaster, freakier than a funhouse and more chilling than a clown? The decrepit remains of a park that once rung with children’s screams—screams of happiness, that ...

I visited Maryland's Glen Echo Park, where some attractions are frozen in time, while others have been turned into local art ...

Amusement parks usually conjure up images of soaring, spinning thrill rides, invigorating roller-coasters, and stately Ferris wheels. But sometimes theme parks suffer unwelcome thrills of their own — ...

Although hundreds of theme parks are active around the globe, hundreds more have been relegated to the scrapheap of amusement history. They were abandoned by owners and operators for a variety of ...

Barra da Tijuca is a fascinating study of contrasts: beautiful white sand beaches, inland lagoons and mountain backdrops on one hand; a pattern of gated communities, high rise condos and shopping ...

Eight years ago this week — Sept. 16, 2007 — the Big Dipper came to a screeching halt, the water was drained from Turtle Beach, and the beloved Geauga Lake Amusement Park shut its doors for good.

Nothing says summer like a day at an amusement park, but few kids would comfortably venture into the abandoned fun land captured by Rob Ball in his series Dreamlands. The eerie tintypes, on view at ...

Our buddy Joe Perrin looks like he's set to kill it in the Youtube world if this video is any indicator. Take a wild trip back through time in Florida as Joe recounts, with incredible detail and ...