These parks differ from standard entertainment venues. A Buddhist park in Vietnam, a museum in a decommissioned nuclear facility in Germany, and a Ferrari theme park in Abu Dhabi represent examples of these alternative attractions.
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
The park combines Buddhist motifs with entertainment features and displays statues, pavilions and gardens with religious themes.
Singapore
This park contains over one thousand statues and a hundred scenes from Chinese culture, literature and philosophy.
Yunnan, China
A park with small people as performers, presenting fairy tales and fantasy stories in a Chinese context.
Zealand, Denmark
The park features attractions with candy motifs and humorous characters from the Danish confectionery brand.
Druskininkai, Lithuania
The park displays a collection of 86 statues and over 1000 historical objects from the Soviet Union era.
South Carolina, United States
A rest stop on Interstate 95 featuring Mexican shops, restaurants, and a collection of colorful sculptures.
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
A theme park with 37 rides, simulator experiences, and a collection of Ferrari vehicles under a red roof.
Puerto Triunfo, Colombia
A 20 square kilometer park with water attractions, zoo and museum built on a former private estate.
Jeju Island, South Korea
The park displays over 140 sculptures and statues with erotic motifs in a garden with walking paths.
Somerset, United Kingdom
Temporary art exhibition with dark interpretations of amusement park elements in an abandoned swimming pool.
Beijing, China
The park contains replicas of western cartoon characters and buildings with a mix of Chinese and European elements.
Florida, United States
This park features replicas of Jerusalem and biblical sites with daily performances of religious stories.
Vilnius, Lithuania
A former Soviet bunker converted into an underground museum showing Cold War history through authentic period settings and artifacts.
North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
An amusement park inside an unused nuclear power station, featuring rides within the reactor building and cooling tower.
La Plata, Argentina
Educational park with miniature government buildings, opened in 1951 before the creation of Disneyland.
Tennessee, United States
Entertainment complex with a 200-foot observation wheel, musical fountains, retail stores and restaurants on 23 acres.
Cottonwood, Idaho, United States
A four-story building constructed in the shape of two Beagle dogs, operating as a bed & breakfast with ten rooms for overnight guests.
Boyd County, Nebraska, United States
A municipality with one inhabitant who serves as mayor and librarian while operating the only tavern in the incorporated town.
Valentine, Texas, United States
A permanent art installation made of adobe bricks displaying actual Prada products from 2005 in the Texas desert.
Scottsboro, Alabama, United States
A 40,000 square feet store sells items from uncollected airline luggage acquired from various carriers throughout the United States.
Illinois, United States
This city features a 15-foot Superman statue and contains a museum displaying comic book and movie prop collections.
Nebraska, United States
This installation consists of 39 gray vehicles arranged in the same formation as the megalithic stones of Stonehenge.
Texas, United States
A residential house covered in aluminum cans used as siding material and wind chimes across its exterior.
Vermont, United States
An open-air museum with 39 historic buildings on 45 acres of land featuring collections of quilts, art and transportation modes.
Spring Green, Wisconsin, United States
A building constructed in 1945 containing extensive collections of automatic music instruments, miniature circuses, sailing ships and historical artifacts on a rock outcrop.
San Jose, California, United States
A 160-room mansion with spiral staircases leading nowhere, doors to walls, and windows in floors, built by Sarah Winchester between 1884 and 1922.
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
A museum containing original documents, advertising materials and a beverage tasting zone with over 100 international drink products.
Seattle, Washington, United States
A collection of operational computers from different eras, from mainframes of the 1960s to personal computers of the 1990s.
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
A permanent art center containing 70 rooms of interactive multimedia installations that guide visitors through surreal landscapes and experimental narratives.