It was kinda sketchy decades ago too ....

Astroworld - ESPECIALLY the Cyclone. Best. Wooden. Coaster.

The Adventurer's Club at Pleasure Island - Walt Disney World. My very favorite part of WDW - and that is saying something.

Underground Atlanta - cool when it first opened, then turned dangerous, then got revived, and is now on the downhill side again.
Sid and Marty Krofft's indoor amusement park in Atlanta - slowest rides I've ever seen. It was all a joke.
Rich's and Davison's in Atlanta and everywhere else - Macy's is a sad, sad, shabby substitute.
Parisian in Birmingham and other locations - we Alabama residents are still livid that it was sold to Belk and converted into crappy, low-class merchandise.

I doubt anybody on this board is from Florence, Ala., but there was an amusement place on the river, around 1959-60, that had trampolines stretched over pits dug in the ground. I loved that place! Only got to go one time. I was, oh, 6 or 7 years old.

Schloss Klessheim in Austria that went from elegant hotel when I was a child -- with the most fantastic dessert and pastry trolley that I ever laid my eyes on -- to a sad casino last I knew. All I wanted was a dirndl and that dessert trolley. Today, dessert trolley, yes; dirndl, um, no.

Ponchartrain Beach Amusement Park in New Orleans. D.H. Holmes Stores in New Orleans and other southern cities (Dillard's is a pale and wan replacement.) Garfinkle's Department Stores in D.C. Goldsmith's Department Stores in Memphis. Old Tyme Deli in Jackson, Mississippi. And pre-1980 Saks Fifth Avenue.

CHAOS was sold to another park after Opryland closed down and according to this site, it has been scrapped.

http://rcdb.com/165.htm

Want to ride CHAOS again, kind of?

Here's a clone of CHAOS that is still operating, in Belgium ( with most of the effects actually working):

http://youtu.be/JqBknDf5-Y0

Sid & Marty Krofft's Theme Park, I love their trippy shows as a kid ( that is a whole other thread) and you can see glimpses of this failed park in this video:

http://youtu.be/HS_TmRtoO2k

Oh, the 70s. Kid's shows were definitely interesting back then....

Midtown Mall. Sibley's. McCurdy's.

Underground Atlanta is still open, but it has apparently changed since I went there 30+ years ago on a college weekend trip. My recollection is that it had a bunch of fun bars and restaurants as well as neat shops back then. Last year I was back in Atlanta for the first time in ages, and our hotel was nearby. We decided to go to Underground Atlanta for dinner and drinks at about 9:30, but the entrance was locked. We asked back at the hotel if it was closed for good, and they said that everything locks up by 8 p.m. on weekdays and at 9 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays for safety and security - and to keep the neighborhood clean and quiet.
The website says that original underground Atlanta was closed in 1980 after the nearby MARTA station opened and for "other factors" -- which I assume had to do with crime and urban decay. It was reopened in 1986 with a huge cash infusion from the city and private industry, and they apparently try to keep it clean and safe now.

My husband almost cried when we heard that Old Tyme Deli had closed.

Remember Winter Wonderland at the downtown Goldsmith's?

Florida Panhandle beaches before high rise condos.

I'd like to third Discovery Zone.

Macy's bought out Meier and Frank's which was a big department store company out here. Meier and Frank's had the best Santa Land every December. The Macy's land doesn't even compare.

That's why there's 30A!

Filene's, and especially Filene's Basement! Good clothing for cheap. I would always go to the store in Boston, which was a madhouse, but it was worth shopping there. I almost bought a beautiful prom dress there for $20. I'm not even a big shopper, but I miss Filene's dearly.