Abandoned Amusement Parks

[DuelaDent]

Ok, after watching that horrible episode of "Scariest Places on Earth" that featured the Lake Shawnee haunted amusement park, I became curious about other abandoned parks. I started looking around online, and haven't found ANY pictures of teh Lake Shawnee park. But I did find some other parks that piqued my interest...

Here is my favorite so far, Chippewa Lake Park:
http://www.defunctparks.com/parks/OH/ChippewaLake/chippewa-lake.htm
http://www.negative-g.com/ChippewaLake/Chippewa-Lake-2002-1.html

And a creepy old park in Japan:
http://home.f01.itscom.net/spiral/t_rando/t_rando1.html
http://home.f01.itscom.net/spiral/t_rando/t_rando2.html
http://home.f01.itscom.net/spiral/t_rando/t_rando3.html

Mountain Park in MA:
http://history.amusement-parks.com/MountainPark.htm

The abandoned amusement park in Chernobyl (after the nuclear incident):
http://cricket.biol.sc.edu/chernobyl/prypiat/001.html

Crapo Park...the name says it all (hee hee hee):
http://www.brumm.com/genealogy/walkers_moyers/tour/burlington3-1980.html

So anyone else fascinated with these creepy old relics? My boyfriend is too scared to even look at all the pictures with me....sigh, he is so cowardly at times!

Here is a huge listing of abandoned amusement parks in the U.S. Too bad Indiana doesn't have any with pictures!
http://www.defunctparks.com/parks/parks.htm

Thoughts? Yes, I know I am crazy...

[Selina Quinzel]

I've been to an adandoned amusement park years ago, it was lovely. We just saw it while driving by so me and my cousin asked if we could pull over and check it out. There was a collapsed rollercoaster and all the rides looked like King Kong snacked on them. There were still rolls of tickets in the entrance booth, for some reason that really stands out to me. We wanted to try and sit in one of a carts on an old whirly gig type of ride (we were like 12) but my aunt drew the line there. Very ghostly feeling with chilly weather, I doubt I'll ever forget that day.

It's kind of weird that they'd just abandon something like that and just leave all that machinary. Then again I've seen so many abandoned farms and houses between the midwest and southwest that I guess you can walk away from anything.

[Gingold]

Mountain Park in MA:
http://history.amusement-parks.com/MountainPark.htm



I grew up going to Mountain Park. I hadn't thought of the place in years. Thanks for the cool links.

If there were no abandoned amusement parks, where would the Joker hide out?

[DuelaDent]

This was kind of freaky too:
http://www.surrealcoconut.com/urban_ruins/gulf/lincoln_beach.htm

And this was part of the same page.........I just kept wondering where the two guys from Saw were hiding:
http://www.surrealcoconut.com/urban_ruins/misc/forgotten-toilets.htm

[heystacy]

I grew up going to Mountain Park. I hadn't thought of the place in years. Thanks for the cool links.

If there were no abandoned amusement parks, where would the Joker hide out?

So true LOL :D

Good phots. Some of them do have a creepy feel to them.

[YoGo]

This was such a cool post! Strangely I didn't feel creepy looking at it at all.

It seemed more nostalgic, imagining what it would have been like in its prime, to see the ferris wheels turning, people laughing, screaming as the rollercoasters roared past. Stalls bustling with candy, balloons, popcorn and fairy floss.

I actually enjoyed rummaging through these posts.

[DuelaDent]

One more fun link, with a few more parks and more pix of Chippewa Lake Park:
http://sbno.illicitohio.com/menu.html

When I was really young (about 5 or 6 years old....around 1985-1986) I remember riding in the car as my parents drove along the interstate into Fort Wayne (Indiana). There was an old abandoned nursery rhyme-themed miniature golf course that you could see from the interstate. There was a large Mother Goose, the Shoe (the old woman and her kids who lived in it), and a few other big structures. They were barely visible surrounded by weeds and trees, but I remember something was just creepy about it. It's not there anymore, and the land is now a railroad-tie making company.

[MacQuarrie]

But which one is the Joker hiding out in?

[DuelaDent]

Here are my favorite pix so far:

http://www.defunctparks.com/parks/OH/ChippewaLake/ferris1.jpg

http://sbno.illicitohio.com/chippewa/rides/ferris/chip255.jpg

http://sbno.illicitohio.com/chippewa/rides/ferris/chipp100.jpg

[Ian Boothby]

those are very cool

[DuelaDent]

http://sbno.illicitohio.com/chippewa/caboose/caboose/chip410.jpg

http://sbno.illicitohio.com/chippewa/caboose/caboose/chip413.jpg

[DuelaDent]

http://cricket.biol.sc.edu/chernobyl/prypiat/prypiat-amuse-4.jpg

http://cricket.biol.sc.edu/chernobyl/prypiat/prypiat-amuse-1.jpg

http://cricket.biol.sc.edu/chernobyl/prypiat/prypiat-amuse-bumper-cars-2.jpg

[Lunar Daydreamer]

Amidst all of those, Scooby Doo villains are plotting. Yes they are.

Hee hee...lets go find a van, paint it spacked out colours and go hunt mysteries! Who's with me!? :)

[DuelaDent]

http://history.amusement-parks.com/mt%20park/mparkmidway.JPG

http://history.amusement-parks.com/mt%20park/mtinsidecarouselbuilding.JPG

[DuelaDent]

http://sbno.illicitohio.com/chippewa/various/various/chipp002.jpg

http://sbno.illicitohio.com/chippewa/boat/boat/chip362.jpg

http://www.brumm.com/genealogy/walkers_moyers/tour/images/1970-2000/burlington-crapo2.jpg

[DuelaDent]

Last ones....

http://www.defunctparks.com/parks/OH/Idora/image0~3.jpg

http://www.defunctparks.com/parks/OH/Idora/wc11co~1.jpg

http://www.defunctparks.com/parks/OH/Idora/jrabb~20.jpg

[sk716]

I don't think they look creepy, but the Chippewa Falls pictures make me kind of sad.

Roller Coasters shouldn't be left to rot like that.

[DuelaDent]

http://spiral.servlet.jp/t_rando/t_rando02.jpg

http://spiral.servlet.jp/t_rando/t_rando06.jpg

http://spiral.servlet.jp/t_rando/t_rando23.jpg

[DuelaDent]

http://spiral.servlet.jp/t_rando/t_rando19.jpg

http://spiral.servlet.jp/t_rando/t_rando08.jpg

[EdContradictory]

Silent Hill was right!

[Phoney Bone]

Amidst all of those, Scooby Doo villains are plotting. Yes they are.

Hee hee...lets go find a van, paint it spacked out colours and go hunt mysteries! Who's with me!? :)

I'm in, because they'll probably get away with it if we and our dog don't meddle!