The amusement park first opened in 1899 in the East Bottoms as a way for the beer-brewing Heim Brothers to sell more suds. It worked. So well that by 1906, they headed off to a new location at ...

I n the United States, beachfront amusement parks are few and far between. Case in point: New England only has one, Palace Playland in Maine, a state known for its postcard-worthy scenery.Located ...

Tell Mother I am coming home Wednesday. – Martha,” reads one of the postcards from around 1912, ... Muskego Beach Amusement Park was different things to different people.

This postcard, circa 1905, shows an early view of visitors to Oaks Amusement Park in Portland, Oregon. Courtesy of Oaks Park. Oaks Park and the Expo ...