1. Abandoned Attractions
 Coco Palms Hotel, Hawaii
Opened in 1953, Kauai's Coco Palms Hotel quickly gained fame for its blue lagoons,
2,000-tree coconut grove, and nightly torch lighting ceremony called "The Call to
Feast," a tradition that resorts across Hawaii began to emulate. The property also
played a starring role in the 1961 Elvis movie Blue Hawaii. The Coco Palms remained
one of the island's most popular properties until 1992, Hurricane Iniki ravaged the
place and caused damage so severe the hotel was forced to close indefinitely.
Today the once-famous cocktail lounge is shuttered. The lobby is boarded shut. And
the King’s favorite room, Hut 56, is overgrown with vines and hibiscus. Thieves have
stripped the buildings of their giant clamshell sinks and wood-carved doors. The Coco
Palms remains Kauai’s only resort that was not reopened or torn down after the
hurricane. However, rumor has it that investors are looking to breath new life into the
property.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/engineering/architecture/9-
creepy-abandoned-attractions#slide-4
http://sometimes-interesting.com/2014/01/19/forgotten-kauai-jewel-the-coco-
palms/
http://www.coco-palms.com/history/
 Gingerbread Castle, New Jersey
Built in the late 1920s by the same architect responsible for Manhattan's beloved
(though now-demolished) Ziegfeld Theatre, the Gingerbread Castle was a children's
paradise. The long-operating amusement park featured sculptural displays based on
Grimm's Fairy Tales and had a three-story concrete castle complete with turrets and a
candy-like exterior as its centerpiece. Gingerbread Castle closed in the late '70s but
reopened as a haunted Halloween venue for several years before shutting down
permanently. Today the abandoned castle still stands, albeit with its windows broken,
its exterior faded, and most of the fairy tale figurines (though thankfully not Humpty
Dumpty) since looted.
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2. Abandoned Attractions
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/8979
http://www.thegingerbreadcastle.com/
 Six Flags New Orleans, Louisiana
The New Orleans Six Flags was a cash cow during its heyday in the early 2000s. And
the park’s owners were in the planning stages of a water park in August 2005—right
when Hurricane Katrina blew through and reared its ugly head. The park never
recovered or reopened.
While some of Six Flags New Orleans’ major attractions such as Batman: The Ride
found homes elsewhere, many of its rides sit rusting in various states of neglect.
However, Six Flags New Orleans still turns a profit. It’s been a filming location for
movie shoots including Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and the upcoming Jurassic
World.
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http://desertedplaces.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-abandoned-six-flags-new-
orleans.html
Tour of the Park
http://youtu.be/Sk8HE52uFSU
 Lake Shawnee Amusement Park, West Virginia
Lake Shawnee has been abandoned for nearly a half-century, and it’s easy to see why.
Before the amusement park even existed, numerous deaths had already occurred on
the property, including one young man reputedly burned at the stake. Then, during the
park's 40-year history, two more kids met an untimely end. That includes a girl who
died on the circling swings, and whose ghost is said to frequent the park. Seemingly
cursed, Lake Shawnee Amusement Park closed for good in 1966 but has never been
torn down. You can still see the ferris wheel, now overgrown with vines, as well as
the rusted swings. The property is opened for haunted tours every October.
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3. Abandoned Attractions
http://visitwv.com/lake-shawnee-amusement-park/
http://desertedplaces.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-abandoned-six-flags-new-
orleans.html
 10 Creepy Abandoned Places (Some are in the U.S., some aren’t.)
http://listverse.com/2013/02/13/10-creepy-abandoned-places/
 North Brother Island
http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/09/04/a_30photo_tour_of_the_abandoned_north_
brother_island.php
http://www.radiolab.org/story/170476-how-get-north-brother-island/
http://gothamist.com/2014/10/16/photos_north_brother_island.php#photo-1
Dome Homes, South Florida
http://www.messynessychic.com/2013/06/12/the-mysterious-dome-homes-marching-
into-the-sea-before-after/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz4ngsXGKOU
7 Creepiest Abandoned Amusement Parks (Some in U.S. , Some not)
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/10/31/Abandoned-Amusement-Parks/