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Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
Jurassic Jungle Boat Ride
A Tennessee tourist attraction touted by some as a campy delight.
Logansport, Indiana
Cass County Dentzel Carrousel
Ride an over one hundred year old carrousel, one of the few original Dentzel Carrousels remaining in the country.
Lakeside, Montana
Flathead Lake Alpine Coaster
Montana’s first and only Alpine coaster.
Brooklyn, New York
Spook-A-Rama
Coney Island’s last surviving haunted ride.
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Coney Island’s Last Surviving Classic Haunted Ride
Brooklyn was once the epicenter of a haunted ride arms race. Today, only Spook-a-Rama remains.
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16 Unexpected American Theme Parks
Blueberries, heavy machinery, and other obscure obsessions turned into parks.
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The Brief Rise and Steep Fall of a New Orleans Amusement Park
Nearly 20 years after Hurricane Katrina, the abandoned Six Flags that became a symbol of the city still bears deep scars.
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Coney Island Was Once Full of Dueling, Backstabbing Theme Parks
Come one, come all to the controversial, ugly beginnings of what was once called 'Sodom by the Sea.'
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Podcast: Musée Mécanique
Inside a vintage arcade in San Francisco.
Cascade, Colorado
The North Pole
This vintage theme park is peak Christmas kitsch—and it's open all summer.
Great Yarmouth, England
Tyrolean Tubtwist
This freewheeling amusement ride is the last of its kind.
Shima, Japan
Shima Spain Village
This Spanish theme park stands out in the Japanese countryside.
Lakeside, Colorado
Lakeside Amusement Park
One of the oldest continuously operating amusement parks in the U.S. is an open-air museum of Art Deco and neon lights.
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
The Gay Dolphin
This maze-like, oceanfront gift shop—the nation’s largest— has been serving kitsch to the Myrtle Beach community for over 80 years.
NeiĂŸeaue, Germany
Kulturinsel Einsiedel
A massive playground in the woods of Germany.
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Podcast: We Heart Disasters … With John Marr
A visit with the author of a classic zine about unusual deaths.
Seattle, Washington
Luna Girls on Alki
Three nine-foot-tall bathing beauties perched elegantly on life-rings welcome visitors to the Alki waterfront.
West Mifflin, Pennsylvania
The Blue Whale of Noah's Ark
The last funhouse of its kind, where guests enter through the mouth of an 80-year-old blue whale.
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