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Golf-A-Rama [gone]
Beach Park, IL
Golf-A-Rama opened in 1959. The place closed in 2005 and was abandoned and derelict until 2009. The front course was restored then. There was still a course on the rear of the property. There was another business next door which had go-kart track and batting cages. That place closed in the mid-1980s and was overgrown with weeds. However, the sign was still there (see above). These photos are from 2009 and 2011. By 2015, this placed had closed again and was completely overgrown. It was demolished in 2016. I don't know if the sign was saved.

Haunted Trails
Burbank, IL
This Haunted Trails course and the later location in Joliet (see below) have many of the same statues and buildings. The Burbank course opened in 1975 as a rethemed version of the Fun Fair course which was operating here in the 1960s. There is also a Frankenstein statue here. [map]

Haunted Trails
Joliet, IL
This Haunted Trails location was built in 1988. [map]

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