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The Mystery of Coney Island’s Abandoned Submarine

Today’s New York adventure takes place at one of its favourite, and most nostalgic, vacation destinations: Coney Island. Home to one of the world’s oldest ferris wheels, a hundred year old roller coaster, and the famous Nathan’s deli, serving hotdogs since 1916. But twenty minutes walk away behind the famous Boardwalk is Coney Island Creek, a…
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The Picasso of Circus Art

History didn’t know what to do with Fred G. Johnson. On the one hand, he was just another hard-working Chicago teen in the signage business, and far from a classically trained portrait artist. Yet, there weren’t many in the sign painting game making banners for “Bearded Brenda” or “Huey the Pretzel Man”; “Josephine the Electric Girl”…

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Coney Island’s Short-Lived but Utterly Insane Dreamland

There’s no question that New York’s Coney Island is an utterly outrageous place; it’s most known for its freak shows, retro roller coasters, annual hot dog eating contest, and start-of-summer mermaid parade… and that’s all just the tip of the iceberg. It’s hard to believe it, but the wacky Brooklyn neighbourhood today is nothing compared…

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Meet Lucy, America’s Oldest Surviving Roadside Attraction

If you build it, they will come. That was the logic behind American real estate magnate James V. Lafferty when he embarked on the most Edwardian PR stunt ever: to build a gigantic elephant. (Apparently it was a thing). The idea was to catch folks’ interest with it, and then lure them inside to show…

This Spinning Human Blender looks like a Very Bad Idea

I‘m no funfair prude. I’ll get on pretty much any rollercoaster you dare me to– but this? This just looks like one of those things you can’t quite believe was ever invented, like radioactive toothpaste or lime & cheese jello salad. From what I’ve learned, a modern-day descendent of the Rotor ride can still be found at a few theme parks around the…
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