I was somewhere between Princeton and Spanishburg, in Mercer County, when I began to feel a little lost and frustrated.

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.

A hauntingly empty “ghost town in the sky” stands frozen in time in the hills of North Carolina after the once-bustling park went bust over a decade ago. The soaring rides have been left to the ...

Explore one of New England's most hauntingly beautiful trails, where the remnants of a long-forgotten zoo hide within lush ...