A roller coaster destination today, Cedar Point first opened as a public beach in 1870. The park in Sandusky, Ohio, opened its first coaster, the Switchback Railway, in 1892. Magnum XL-200, Mean ...

What would become Geauga Lake Park started in 1887 as a train stop with a picnic grove. The park added its first roller coaster, The Big Dipper, in 1925 and later had Ohio's first looping roller ...

Now, a different future lies in store for the seafront site. The fair that has dominated the town for 100 years will make way for a 1,100-home housing development with the amusement park starting to ...