The Enchanted Forest Shopping Center in Ellicott City, Maryland

The Enchanted Forest was a theme park in Ellicott City, Maryland that first opened to the public in 1955 and was in operation until it closed down for good in 1995. Many of the attractions were based on characters from fairy tales and nursery rhymes and they appealed primarily to families with small children.

After the park closed, half the land was turned into a shopping center. This video shows what the place looks like today. As you can see, it looks like any other North American shopping center with two major distinctions: Old King Cole pointing in the general direction of the shopping center, and the original amusement park entrance (which is now locked) that resembles a fairy tale castle and has a dragon on the roof.

Many of the attractions that used to be in that theme park have since been relocated to nearby Clark's Ellioak Farm. To see them, check out my other video at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OOj4XxxAnM

To learn more about The Enchanted Forest and Clark's Elioak Farm, see the following links:

http://tinyurl.com/ppbn5n
http://www.enchantedforestmd.org/
http://www.clarklandfarm.com/

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[NinjaYang97]

i live near there, and this music is from garage band right?

[twistedunicorn]

Yes, the music came from GarageBand. It's among the many music clips that Apple provides with the application and it's essentially royalty-free.

[mfblunt]

@iambrianv1 yeah the canopy is there next to a mc Donald and the forest diner is there along with double t diner

[SpookytheGhostbuster]

The place shut down on the year I was born, damn... :(

[iambrianv1]

i used to live there too....10 years ago...is the forest diner down the road still there...and what about the great pit bbq at canopy a little bit further down the road....o the memories....i miss you ellicott city!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[wilhelm1974]

This was the first park in America to be integrated as well...

[wilhelm1974]

loved this place as a kid, it was in the 80' s when I went and it was already on the downslide....I remember Peter Pan being very nice to me....lol

[CIGARPIGSKIN6]

The main sign with the corporate store logos is a sad striking image of what America has become. I work for the Safeway corporation!!!!!!!! They are evil!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

@jlbutler50 I forgot about peter Pan and Capt. Hook !!!

[lego398]

u think its haunted?

[trleft]

ever snuck in the old park to see the abondened roller coaster? i think i might do that soon

[lego398]

u know that neighbor hood right next to that outlet? yeah. i live there!