If you approached Chippewa Lake Park before 2010, the first thing you would have seen was a ancient roller coaster rail peeking over the tops of the trees, like the hand of a giant beckoning you closer. By then, the park had been derelict for over three decades, after being abandoned in 1978. For years, the old roller coasters, Ferris wheel, and buildings slid beneath the choking underbrush, and then a spat of arson in the early 2000s burned most of the larger structures to the ground.
In 2010, the property was sold, and partially demolished, before everything came to a halt over a lawsuit. The rest of the former amusement park now sits in the twilight of death, waiting for someone to finish putting it out of its misery. And speaking of death, there's supposedly an unmarked grave hiding somewhere amid the towering, skeletal structures of Chippewa Lake Park, like an Easter Egg from Hell. The park's final owner, Parker Beach, allegedly requested to be buried in the park he'd loved so much. Whether or not it ever happened is up for debate, but it's definitely not something you want to think about as you poke through the overgrown ruins, in the final moments of daylight.
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