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Waterparks

Podcast: Concrete Animals of Mexico

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team August 1, 2022

Zoom Flume

Bloomington, Indiana

Zoom Flume

Tucked away in the forests of Indiana resides an abandoned waterslide that is now a popular graffiti haunt.

Abandoned concrete animal play sculptures.

Mexico City, Mexico

Concrete Animal Cemetery

Discarded animal sculptures stand forgotten by an abandoned aquarium and water park in Bosque de Chapultepec.

A metal man turns the wheel (which was actually run by water).

Waiau, New Zealand

The Waterworks

Water-powered gadgets whirr to life in this quirky eco park.

Naval Surface Warfare Center.

Bethesda, Maryland

Naval Surface Warfare Center

This massive swimming pool is the high tech home to the human-powered submarine races.

Washington, D.C.

Southwest Duck Pond

This lovely pocket park is one of the most under appreciated in D.C.

The current view

Washington, D.C.

Georgetown Waterfront

The little-known, 300-year history of the area includes former lives as a bustling tobacco port, parking lot, and industrial dump.

Permanently Closed

North Fort Myers, Florida

The Shell Factory

The largest retailer of seashells in the world.

the old water slides

Villa Park, Illinois

Ebenezer Floppen Slopper's Wonderful Abandoned Water Slides

This overgrown Illinois water park offers a whole new type of adventure.

The mighty King Neptune, prior to his makeover in 2015

Two Rocks, Australia

Atlantis Marine Park

An abandoned marine theme park has created a difficult experiment in dolphin rewilding.

Permanently Closed

Green Springs

New Bern, North Carolina

Green Springs

This multi-story wooden waterpark offers homemade thrills.

Permanently Closed

Empty shoots at Aquatic Paradise

Sitges Aquatic Paradise

Abandoned waterpark turned counter-culture mecca.