More Photos of Abandoned Amusement Parks

Photo by Chris Grabert, via io9

Is that an inverted Rebel Alliance logo on the cat's forehead? Regardless, io9 compiled some AMAZING photos of abandoned amusement parks. Check them out here. 

Two Amazing Videos of Abandoned Parks

These two videos deserve more prominent placement than they'll get in the larger post I'm working on.  The first has been circulating for awhile now, but it's well worth watching again.

Six Flags over New Orleans never reopened after Hurricane Katrina:



Via Gawker, Joyland in Wichita, Kansas, which closed in 2004:


No Joy from Mike Petty on Vimeo.


Amazing.