Abandoned Amusement Parks

An abandoned Victorian-era amusement park is rusting away amidst luxury houses.

A semi-abandoned replica of Prince Edward Island's Avonlea—in Japan.

This former theme park in New York's Adirondack Mountains fell into ruin before being resurrected as a state-run campground

An abandoned marine theme park has created a difficult experiment in dolphin rewilding.

Vietnam's feral abandoned water park offers access to a post-apocalyptic funscape, now with fewer crocodiles.

Disney World's very first waterpark is now an abandoned ruin being reclaimed by the swamp.

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

This half-finished "city of toys" was almost Italy's own Las Vegas.

An abandoned Santa park is as far as this proposed theme park kingdom got toward completion.

A crumbling wizard is one of the final reminders of a roadside Middle Earth.

Ruined pieces of stone and a swimming pool are all that remain of an amusement park swept away by a flood.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

The abandoned Japanese amusement park once loomed as a dystopian Disneyland.