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The Future of Animatronics, From Disney to the U.S. Military

The world's leading animatronics company is bringing us closer to an automated future.
Eric Grundhauser September 9, 2016
disney

Finally, Russia Lifts the Ban on a WWII Donald Duck Cartoon

The satirical angle of the film—which depicts Donald Duck as a Nazi—was initially overlooked by the courts.
Jessie Guy-Ryan July 24, 2016
shipwrecks

I Made a Shipwreck Expert Watch The Little Mermaid and Judge Its Nautical Merits

How realistic was the shipwreck Ariel looted?
Sarah Laskow July 21, 2016
disney

Found: Elie Wiesel’s Review of Disneyland

He loved it.
Sarah Laskow June 28, 2016
objects of intrigue

Object of Intrigue: Disneyland's Flirty, Talking Trash Can

An animatronic trash can named PUSH eventually got the shove.
Tao Tao Holmes March 15, 2016
disney

Disney's Unlikely Garbage Innovation Was Supposed to Sweep the Country

It turns out, though, that utopia kind of sucks: the trash tubes ended up only getting as far as tiny Roosevelt Island.
Andy Wright March 14, 2016
disney

America Almost Had a Disney Theme Park with a Slavery Section

Inside Disney's America, the doomed '90s project that almost sunk the company.
Jacqui Shine March 1, 2016
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River Country
Lake Buena Vista, Florida

River Country

Disney World's very first waterpark is now an abandoned ruin being reclaimed by the swamp.
disney

Places You Can No Longer Go: River Country

Lucas Adams February 18, 2016
A fake skeleton, cozy in a bed decorated with an (allegedly) real skull.
pirates

Are There Still Real Skeletons In Disneyland's "Pirates of the Caribbean"?

Cara Giaimo October 26, 2015
Toking atop a mushroom
Oakland, California

Children's Fairyland

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.
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The former Discovery Island in Bay Lake as seen from the beach at Disney's Wilderness Lodge.
Orlando, Florida

Discovery Island

Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.
Walt Disney's Carolwood Barn
Los Angeles, California

Walt Disney's Carolwood Barn

The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.
Hamtramck, Michigan

Hamtramck Disneyland

A wacky two-story folk-art assemblage of carved and found objects, with lights, motion, and sound now in need of financial support.
Mickey Mouse Gas Mask
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

45th Infantry Museum

A museum honoring Oklahoma military service, where you can look into Hitler's mirror and see a Mickey Mouse gas mask.
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Beijing, China

China's Wonderland

Beijing's version of Disneyland, completely abandoned, mostly destroyed.
Mickey Mouse Gas Mask at the 45th Infantry Museum in Oklahoma.
disasters

When Mickey Mouse Was Used to Get Children to Wear Gas Masks

The use of chemical warfare during World War II made for creative solutions back on the homefront.
Allison Meier June 20, 2013
Los Angeles, California

Snow White Cottages

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.