An abandoned Florida attraction near the beach reveals rusting rides that offer a look at how a once-busy family destination faded into obscurity.

America was once home to dozens of amusement parks, buzzing midways, roaring rides, joyous screams, many of them now long abandoned. In this video we explore 20 defunct amusement parks across the ...

Most people are aware that Connecticut is home to the nation’s oldest continuously operating amusement park, Lake Compounce. That theme park was opened in 1846 and has slowly grown into a premier ...

In 1976, Disney opened River Country on the edge of Bay Lake in Florida. It was the company’s first water park and operated for 25 years before closing in 2001. Unlike most Disney attractions, it wasn ...

The amusement park as we know it today, with concessions and mechanical rides, dates back to the mid-1800s. In Alabama, the earliest park was likely Birmingham’s East Lake Park, which opened in 1886.