In a peculiar twist of history, a ghostly insult may have cost the city of Columbus a public park in the late 1800s.

Since the late 1800s, Trimper Rides and Amusement Park has dominated Ocean City's entertainment scene. With dozens of rides – big and small, indoor and outdoor – the entertainment complex ...

Coney Island is a twentieth-century icon of American fun, and the birthplace of the large-scale amusement park. George Tilyou's grinning "funny face" logo for Steeplechase Park, the giant tower at ...