7 haunting photos of eerily abandoned amusement parks

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Abandoned amusement parks

An uncompleted castle stands in a field that was supposed to be "Wonderland," on the outskirts of Beijing. Construction work at the park, which was promoted by developers as "the largest amusement park in Asia," stopped around 1998 after funds were withdrawn due to disagreements over property prices with the local government and farmers. (REUTERS/David Gray)

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Lauren Hansen

Lauren Hansen produces The Week’s podcasts and videos and edits the photo blog, Captured. She also manages the production of the magazine's iPad app. A graduate of Kenyon College and Northwestern University, she previously worked at the BBC and Frontline. She knows a thing or two about pretty pictures and cute puppies, both of which she tweets about @mylaurenhansen.