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Laurel Wamsley

An amusement park Haunted Mansion delivers summer screams and lifelong memories

Funland, a staple of the boardwalk in Rehoboth Beach, Del., has been run by the same family since 1962. (Laurel Wamsley/ NPR)

REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. — Along the boardwalk in this Atlantic Coast town, an old-school amusement park called Funland is a haven for over-sunned families who feed quarters into Skee-Ball machines and use mallets to try to flip rubber frogs onto moving lily pads in pursuit of a stuffed animal prize.

And among the newer attractions that fling riders into the air or upside down, there's one ride that continues to loom large in visitors' memories: the Haunted Mansion.

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