Until it closed in 1972, San Francisco’s Playland at the Beach was considered the Boardwalk’s sister seaside amusement park. Playland’s Big Dipper Roller Coaster was erected by Arthur Looff in 1922, ...

A mythical and misunderstood place, Lakeside Amusement Park stands as one of Colorado’s most enduring and fascinating cultural treasures. Opened and in operation since 1908, the family-owned park was ...

The Laffing Lady laughs on into history. Laffing Sal, or Beulah the Laffing Lady as she was known at Meyers Lake Park, was one of the most popular and memorable attractions as part of the park’s ...

Generations of Northern Californians remember Laughing Sal, the maniacally cackling wooden woman posted outside the funhouse at San Francisco's Playland-at-the-Beach. Now, 32 years after the amusement ...

Ever wonder what became of the old Euclid Beach Park attractions such as the sometimes frightening, but amusing, mechanical Laffing Sal? Or what your great-great grandmother donned while strolling ...