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Holy Land 2016
List

16 Unexpected American Theme Parks

Blueberries, heavy machinery, and other obscure obsessions turned into parks.
Roxanne Hoorn June 17, 2025
The crumbling tracks of the Ozarka Splash ride at Six Flags New Orleans.
abandoned

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.
Matthew Christopher August 5, 2024
Wholesome fun is dirty business.
maps

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.'
Joshua Kagavi May 23, 2024
automata

Podcast: Musée Mécanique

Inside a vintage arcade in San Francisco.
The Podcast Team May 8, 2024
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.
Neißeaue, Germany

Kulturinsel Einsiedel

A massive playground in the woods of Germany.
The Great Boston Molasses Flood, 1919.
disasters

Podcast: We Heart Disasters … With John Marr

A visit with the author of a classic zine about unusual deaths.
The Podcast Team June 28, 2023
Luna Girls on Alki
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.
pictures from 2013
Sodegaura, Japan

Tokyo German Village

This theme park is not in Tokyo, not especially German, and certainly not a village.
Eunice Winkless diving at the Steel Pier.
amusement parks

Remembering When Horse Diving Was an Actual Thing

For 50 years, this bizarre act was one of Atlantic City's biggest attractions.
Diana Hubbell May 9, 2023
In an undated photo, American artist Keith Haring works on the colorful carousel he designed for the original 1987 Luna Luna. The carousel features three-dimensional characters based on the line-drawn figures he became famous for.
amusement parks

The Once and Future Luna Luna Art Amusement Park

Basquiat’s Ferris wheel, Dalí’s fun house, and other wild and whimsical designs are now being restored thanks in part to rap superstar Drake.
Sarah Durn December 5, 2023
It's one thing to see a bird of prey soaring on a thermal. It's another thing entirely to get this close to one.
amusement parks

Our Favorite Photos of 2022 Are a Feast for the Eyes and the Imagination

Wondrous portraits of feathered friends, lowriders, a handmade amusement park, and more.
Winnie Lee December 29, 2022
amusement parks

Podcast: Hacienda Nápoles

Medellín cartel founder Pablo Escobar built himself a sort of Jurassic Park-meets-Disney World resort. Now it’s overrun by hippos.
The Podcast Team November 2, 2022