Kilian Martin: Altered Route
When I was in the 7th grade, I thought I could skateboard. I couldn't and still can't.
Stabbed With a Fork Near What Used to be Sea World
This Golden Corral was the most depressing restaurant I had ever been in.
A Tree Grows in Chippewa Lake Amusement Park
The small village and lake have more in common than just a name.
The Beach Waterpark: All Dried Up?
The "stone" depiction of a fanged beast would seem to be the remnants of a forgotten civilization, but protruding through the "ancient" statue is a different kind of ruin: one of modern society.
From the Ruins of the Kingdom, the Boardwalk Rises?
Kentucky Kingdom, better known for the majority of its life as "Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom," hasn't had many guests since it closed its doors in the fall of 2009. Last summer though, I was one of the park's few visitors during its second season of non-operation. Accompanied by my guide Rose, a former park employee who was now working for the group aiming to reopen the park, I got to walk along the midways and tour the rides with the permission of the Kentucky Kingdom Redevelopment Company (KKRC).
Fortune Cookie Prophecy Part 2: The Surf Cincinnati Abandoned Miniature Golf Classic
The prophecy of a "delightful journey" laid out by the fortune cookie in Part 1 had so far come true when Gozer and I explored the remains of forgotten Lancaster Street earlier in the day.
Surf Cincinnati.
Once an iconic Cincinnati amusement park, the wave pool's been shut off and the lazy river is dried up.
Fun Spot (Former) Amusement Park and Zoo
An abandoned amusement park in northern Indiana brings back childhood memories.
How Things Came to Be - Part 1: Valentines Day 2006, Surf Cincinnati
Part 1 in QC/D's urban exploration origin story.
Summer Vacation in Detroit: Part 2
Part 2 of our 2009 summer trip to Detroit including an excursion to an abandoned zoo.
Some More From Americana
Today we have some recently un-published photographs from the QCD team's visit to the now defunct Americana/Lesourdsville Lake Amusement Park. These photographs were omitted from the October Article.
LeSourdsville Lake/Americana Revisited
No one had ridden the classic "Screechin` Eagle" wooden roller coaster, or any other ride for that matter since 2002. In fact, the park hadn't seen any guests since it closed a week before it was planned to end it's season back in August of 2002, with its Halloween and holiday events also being cancelled. In June of 2007, myself and two other photographers were permitted to enter the park property. A place that once provided so many memories and served as a symbol of the fading era of the "classic" American amusement park, sat quiet and abandoned.