There are several piers with amusement parks across the United States, including the Steel Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey, the Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier in Texas, and the Jolly Roger ...

HOUSTON — As a boy growing up in Galveston, Tilman Fertitta rode his bike up and down the Seawall. He went to fairs and carnivals when they hit town and had a season pass to Sea-Arama Marineworld. In ...

After 59 years on the Ocean City boardwalk, Gillian's Wonderland Pier will finally close Oct. 13. Calls to the amusement park at 600 Boardwalk are met with the automated message, advertising the ...

NORTH WILDWOOD, N.J. -- Snorting smoke and wearing an "I love Wildwood" T-shirt, King Kong again clings to a 60-foot lighthouse towering over the shore town's boardwalk. Eight vintage planes circle ...

SEASIDE PARK, N.J. (AP) — A historic Jersey shore pier that was pummeled by Superstorm Sandy, then destroyed in a spectacular fire might finally be done in by building regulations. The owner of the ...

To the editor: This was a wonderful tribute to two amusement piers that brought people and good times together (“A tale of two parks: One was a ‘poor boy’s Disneyland,’ the other had a Cobra Woman who ...