Inside the eerie abandoned remains of the oldest amusement park in America where funhouses, bumper cars and creepy clown huts lie crumbling
After a century of giving families joy, Bushkill was severely damaged by a series of floods
THESE spine-tingling pictures show the abandoned and rotting remains of the oldest amusement park in America.
Bushkill Amusement Park and Rolling Rink in Pennsylvania opened in 1902 but was severely damaged in a series of floods and has been closed for more than a decade.
The haunting pictures shows empty grounds of the park as well as long-forgotten bumper cars collecting dust inside an otherwise barren building.
The shots also show inside a deserted funhouse with a hall of mirrors, a wobbly staircase and an antique wooden slide still in place. Roller skates lie abandoned in racks next to the warped and cracked rolling rink that was once filled with the whoops of excited children.
Photographers and urban explorers around the world have been chronicling fascinating sites lost to time and posting them online.
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The incredible images were taken by an urban explorer known as The Unknown Cameraman.
Bushkill Park is a small amusement park aimed at young children just outside the city of Easton.
It opened in 1902 and has been closed since the summer of 2006.
Bushkill Park is famous for its antique rides such as bumper cars, 'The Whip', 'The Haunted Pretzel', and 'The Bar'l of Fun' - one of the nation's oldest funhouses. It has a rotating barrel and a maze-like layout with mirrors. There is also an original antique wooden slide.
Owner Sammy Baurkot admits the park will never be what it once was but hopes to reopen the skating rink and use the site as an entertainment venue.
However, it will cost $20,000 to restore electrical service and between $100,000 to $150,000 to fix up the other buildings.
"It's a beautiful property and I want to see something done," Baurkot told in 2015.