This post was updated Oct. 1 at 8:48 p.m. Though Halloween amusement parks promise a thrilling yet fearful escape, they often fall short, offering uninspired experiences that fail to satisfy the ...

io9 is proud to present fiction from LIGHTSPEED MAGAZINE. Once a month, we feature a story from LIGHTSPEED’s current issue. This month’s selection is “The Darkness Between the Stars” by Richard Thomas ...

More than 65 years before the opening of Disneyland in Anaheim, Downtown Los Angeles was the site of a 35-acre amusement park. At the height of its popularity it featured such attractions as a roller ...

With rides like the Wild Mouse and the Cyclone and attractions like Frontier Village, Olympic Park kept visitors entertained for more than 50 years. They're all gone now, replaced by office buildings.

A feature-length coming-of-age movie set in the summer of 1998 in the Midwest is looking for extras to appear in a scene that will be filmed at Bay Beach Amusement Park. The pivotal scene to be shot ...