The Enchanted Forest

Sean says...

As an added history lesson check this out...

The Enchanted Forest in Ellicott City, Maryland was the first Theme Park in Maryland and the East Coast, and the second oldest Theme Park in the USA, Disneyland being the oldest. It opened Monday, August 15, 1955. Admission was $1 for adults and 50¢ for children

The park began on 20 acres, later expanded to 52 acres and then it reduced to 32 acres after Bethany Woods was built. It featured no mechanical rides or spectacular special effects, and in its heyday it hosted some 300,000 visitors annually. Opened in 1955, it thrilled and delighted generations of families from far and wide throughout the next three decades. It closed in 1988, reopened at various times in the 1990s only to be permanently closed and either disassembled and placed on a nearby farm aimed at restoration or crumbling away at its original location.