This bizarre Wizard of Oz amusement park has been closed for 36 years — a photographer got inside and took these eerie photos

In 1970, 31 years after The Wizard of Oz was released, the Land of Oz amusement park opened in the resort town of Beech Mountain, North Carolina. Equipped with a real yellow brick road and costumes from the movie set, visitors were made to feel like they themselves were Dorothy — venturing from the …