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Just as Ben and Jerry’s has their Flavor Graveyard, a virtual space also exists to mourn our favorite theme park losses.
Decades after the doors shut on park rides and attractions, many become moss-covered liminal spaces where so-called urban explorers love to run amok. But one man rises above the rusty tracks to give these rides lost to time the love they deserve.
Kevin Perjurer is the creator behind the popular YouTube series and podcast Defunctland, which gives history lessons on the life, and subsequent death, of amusement park attractions. It’s a topic that doesn’t seem to hold a lot of scandal at first glance: park builds rollercoaster, coaster breaks down, ride closes, right? Read more…
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