Everyone In North Carolina Should See What’s Inside The Gates Of This Abandoned Theme Park

Did you know there are actually many abandoned places in North Carolina? And that there is even an abandoned theme park in North Carolina?! The Tar Heel State sure is full of surprises. North Carolina's famous Ghost Town In The Sky, located in Maggie Valley, opened to much fanfare in 1961 and thrived for decades. Generations of North Carolinians (and beyond) made lifelong memories at the theme park on top of the mountain. But eventually, the park attendance began to dwindle and parts of the attraction fell into a state of disrepair. Ultimately, it closed for good and was sold to a group that renamed the attraction 'Ghost Town Village' with a scheduled opening date of June 2016.

But you know what they say about the best-laid plans, and those plans were averted and the park was put up for sale again soon after. Then, another resurrection of the park was announced with an opening in April 2019 which never happened. It sits abandoned, decaying, and haunted with the impressions of hundreds of thousands (millions?) of small children who have carried the memories of Ghost Town in the Sky into adulthood. In July 2019, the park was put up for sale for a reported $5.9 million. Today, exploring this abandoned theme park in North Carolina is considered trespassing, and we strongly discourage any attempts. But we are sharing an eerie drone video below that offers a look inside this piece of North Carolina history. Check it out...

Check out below what has become of our childhood park in the shocking drone video captured by YouTube user The Carpetbagger.

Did you and your family visit Ghost Town in the Sky? Did you know about this now-abandoned theme park in North Carolina? What a creepy place! Both enthusiasts and newbies to abandoned places will love this footage.

For more abandoned places in North Carolina (yes -- there are lots, lots more abandoned places in the Tar Heel State!), take a look at this entire abandoned neighborhood.