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Onsted, Michigan
Prehistoric Forest Amusement Park
The remains of an abandoned dinosaur theme park litter the woods just off the highway.
Batumi, Georgia
Batumi Tower Ferris Wheel
The first skyscraper to include a Ferris wheel built into the facade.
Kilgetty, Wales
Folly Farm
Go back 50 years with a turn on one of the park's carefully restored vintage fairground rides.
Chasseneuil-du-Poitou, France
Futuroscope
France's high-tech, future-themed amusement park.
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Downtown Atlanta’s Lost Psychedelic Theme Park
Before there was the CNN Center, there was The World of Sid and Marty Krofft.
Kuwana-shi, Japan
Nabana No Sato
These Japanese gardens are blankets of light for dark winter nights.
Paris, France
Jardin d'Acclimatation
In this Parisian garden's grotesque former life as a zoo it fed exotic animals to the bourgeois and put humans on exhibit.
Seoul, South Korea
Yongma Land Abandoned Theme Park
Plenty of old carney magic still haunts this photogenic amusement park.
Washington, D.C.
Carousel on the National Mall
Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.
Johnson City, New York
Carousel Capital of the World
The Binghamton area is home to six of the last remaining hand-carved vintage carousels.
Brooklyn, New York
Coney Island Museum
An oasis of calm amid the chaos of the boardwalk, the museum traces the heritage of this beloved beachside amusement park.
Inuyama, Japan
Little World Museum of Man
An anthropological theme park that depicts the cultures of around 20 different countries.
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Cave City, Kentucky
Funtown Mountain
An abandoned theme park with a strange and tumultuous past.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Little Beaver Town
An abandoned amusement park based on the popular 1940s Red Ryder comic strip.
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A Pigeon's Violent Encounter With a Roller Coaster Rider
There's video.
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The Mini-Amusement Park in This Texan's Backyard
He built it for his granddaughter.
Tambon Pa Fa, Thailand
Wat Pa Thewapithak
The skeletons, demons, and corpses serve as a warning of the terrors of Buddhist Hell.
North Tonawanda, New York
Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum
A preserved factory in the "Home of the Carrousel" is now a museum dedicated to the classic wooden ride.
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