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This bizarre Wizard of Oz amusement park has been closed for 36 years — a photographer got inside and took these eerie photos
In 1970, 31 years after The Wizard of Oz was released, the Land of Oz amusement park opened in the resort town of Beech Mountain, North Carolina. Equipped with a real yellow brick road and costumes from the movie set, visitors were made to feel like they …
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Amusement park in the works for Texas City
Remember Playland Park — the 1950s-era theme park near where Astroworld was later built? A modern version with a nostalgic twist is being proposed in Texas City. The city has confirmed an area physician’s interest in building the park on 25 acres near …
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10 Bloody Amusement Park Accidents
We go to amusement parks for thrills, knowing in the backs of our minds that, like watching a horror movie, everything is perfectly safe. Roller coasters that fling us gasping into the stratosphere, pinned in place by G-force, merely present the illusion …
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