The Deadliest Amusement Park Rides (INFOGRAPHIC)

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The Deadliest Amusement Park Rides (INFOGRAPHIC)
Earlier this year at a Six Flags theme park in Texas, a 52-year-old women fell to her death when the safety bar failed during her ride on the roller coaster Texas Giant. Despite rides being statistically very safe, after tragic accidents like this, the …
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Let Freedom Ring: The Desegregation of Gwynn Oak Amusement Park
On August 28, 1963, 11-month-old Sharon Langley made history, becoming the first African-American child to ride the merry-go-round at Gwynn Oak Amusement Park. But it took years for the park to be desegregated after countless protests. A celebration will …
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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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