10 Hauntingly Beautiful Abandoned Amusement Parks
Photo: Seph Lawless. Design: Erik Mace/Yahoo.
By Rebecca OConnell
Photographer Seph Lawless — known for his work with abandoned malls—has now turned his lens on abandoned amusement parks, which he chose to photograph at sunset or right on the cusp of a thunderstorm. The dilapidated parks, with their chipped paint and overgrown shrubbery, have an eerie intrigue. You might not want to be caught in them after dark.
You can see all of Lawless’s abandoned park photos in his upcoming book, Bizarro: The World’s Most Hauntingly Beautiful Abandoned Theme Parks. If you like what you see, you can follow the artist on Facebook and Twitter.
Abandoned Wizard of Oz theme park, North Carolina
Photos: Seph Lawless
Abandoned Geauga Lake Amusement Park, Aurora, Ohio
Photos: Seph Lawless
Abandoned Chippewa Lake theme Park, Ohio
Photos: Seph Lawless
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Abandoned Six Flags Amusement Park, New Orleans
Photos: Seph Lawless
(That was a close one!)
Spreepark, Berlin, Germany
Photos: Seph Lawless
Enchanted Forest Playland, Southern U.S. (Undisclosed location)
Photos: Seph Lawless
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Joyland, Kansas
Photos: Seph Lawless
Funtime Amusement Park and Zoo, Indiana
Photos: Seph Lawless
Shawnee Amusement Park, West Virginia
Dogpatch USA, Arkansas
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Photos from Bizarro: The World’s Most Hauntingly Beautiful Abandoned Theme Parks
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