Located 5,506 feet above the town of Banner Elk, North Carolina, sits Land of Oz, a once-abandoned theme park based on L. Frank Baum’s 1900 novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. If you take the long winding trails up Beech Mountain you’ll eventually find yourself on a yellow brick road leading you to the one and only, Land Of Oz. LAND OF OZ. DON’T MISS: Top 10 Reasons to Visit Beech Mountain Check out the Land of Oz during your next trip to Beech Mountain. Books Ship Worldwide All Major Credit Cards Accepted and eBooks are automatically sent to your emails immediately following your purchase. Based on the Wizard of Oz, the park has been closed since 1980 - … You can preview some images here and the order the book or ebook of Bizarro-The World’s Most Hauntingly Beautiful Abandoned Theme Parks HERE. We had been on the road for hours heading north bound from Savannah, Georgia, and night had already fallen as we entered the quiet town of Boone, North Carolina. “formerly abandoned Wizard of Oz theme park” The Land of Oz is a mostly now-defunct theme park located in the resort town of Beech Mountain, North Carolina. The Land of Oz is a theme park in the resort town of Beech Mountain, North Carolina, USA.In 1970 it opened as a theme park based on the L. Frank Baum Wizard of Oz books by Carolina Caribbean Corporation under the guidance of Grover Robbins, who had been successful with Tweetsie Railroad, and designed by Jack Pentes.It was fully operational until 1980. The Land Of Oz, And Why It Was Really Abandoned Hidden away in the mountains of North Carolina is a place that is as creepy as it is unique. Photographer Seph Lawless captured the hauntingly beautiful quality of the abandoned Land of Oz theme park in North Carolina. At the top of a winding North Carolina mountain road is the entrance to Oz, a 1970s theme park abandoned less than 10 years after it opened. They Found An Abandoned “Wizard Of Oz” Theme Park, And What’s Inside Sent Chills Down Their Spine The Wizard of Oz is one of the greatest movie classics. Not quite ready to settle down yet, we continued to travel along the dark and winding road. This enchanted old theme park – which operated from 1970-1980 – is now available for personal tours, birthday parties and private functions from June through October. Options include: exclusive tours of Dorothy’s house, leisurely […] AN ABANDONED theme park in the US was forced to close after fires left the attractions devastated. It was opened in 1970 by Grover Robbins, who had been successful with Tweetsie Railroad, and was fully operational until 1980. The Eerie and Abandoned Land of Oz https://flic.kr/p/z61cck. Abandoned Land of Oz Theme Park Opens for Two Days Article by SA Rogers , filed under Destinations & Sights in the Travel category At the top of a mountain, a crumbling Yellow Brick Road winds around forests filled with creepy anthropomorphic trees, Dorothy’s dilapidated house and an Emerald Castle made of stone. The theme park paying homage to the classic 1939 film opened its doors for the first time on June 15, 1970. While the Wizard of Oz theme park has been shut down for the past few decades, one of the former character actresses has repurposed the abandoned park so that tourists can be transported to the Land of Oz twice a year. Land of Oz is just one of 10 abandoned amusement parks in the book Bizarro by Seph Lawless. A once-abandoned amusement park based on the 1939 musical fantasy film 'The Wizard of Oz' is set to re-open this summer to mark 80 years since the movie classic was released.