Amusement Parks History and Classic Amusement Parks

Overview of Quassy Amusement Park in Middlebury, Connecticut, including info about rides, highlights, tickets, and directions.

Overview of Canobie Lake Park, the amusement park in Salem, New Hampshire.

Cedar Point, an enormous park on the banks of Lake Erie in Ohio, is the second oldest operating amusement park in the country. It is very much steeped in the present however and is roller coaster nirvana.

Overview of Coney Island, the landmark amusement area and boardwalk in New York City's Brooklyn.

With roots extending all the way back to 1867, Ohio's take on New York's classic park certainly has plenty of history buttressing its modern foundations.

Overview of the Flying Horses Carousel at Oak Bluffs on the Massachusetts island of Martha's Vineyard.

Mini photo gallery of the Flying Horses Carousel at Oak Bluffs on the Massachusetts island of Martha's Vineyard.

Your About.com Guide's overview of the Bristol, CT park. The country's oldest continuously operating park (it first opened in 1846), Lake Compounce is surrounded on three sides by a lake and wraparound mountain. Boulder Dash, which just may be the world's best wood coaster, is built into the side of the mountain.

Overview of Scream Zone, the amusement park at Coney Island in New York City's Brooklyn. Includes info about Scream Zone roller coasters, rides, tickets, and other info.

Overview of Luna Park, the amusement park that opened in 2010 at Coney Island in New York City's Brooklyn.

Overview of the The Myrtle Beach Pavilion Amusement Park in South Carolina.

This circa-1952 park in New Hampshire's White Mountains is ooz ing with charm and a warm glow of nostalgia. It's a picture-perfect Currier & Ives ode to Santa and all things Christmas. A wonderful park for families with young children.

Definition of the phrase, trolley park, which refers to a certain type of amusement park.

An educational and enthusiasts' organization dedicated to all aspects of amusement parks, past and present.

This group's aim is to preserve the few remaining operating "Golden-Age" carousels.

If roller coasters and carousels have their boosters, why not dark rides? Why, indeed. Check out this site's loving ode to classic dark rides.

Revere Beach was the country's first public beach. It was also an amusement park haven and was once the Boston area's answer to Coney Island. Sadly, all of the amusements are gone today, but the memories live on at this info-packed site.

This Boston area theme park was modeled after Disneyland and delighted a generation of New England Baby Boomers when it was open during the 1960s.

West Mifflin (near Pittsburgh), PA. Kennywood is home to some of the most beloved coasters including the Thunderbolt and the Phantom's Revenge. May have the best fries in the world.

Defunct but not forgotten. Return with us now to those thrilling parks of yesteryear.

An exhaustive trip down memory lane--or is that memory midway? More than eighty Canadian parks, arranged by province and city, are represented.