Top 10 American Boardwalks
Go for Pure, Unadulterated Summer Fun
Slide 1 of 11: Visit one of our editors' top ten American boardwalks and you'll see why their amusements, live entertainment, people-watching, and nostalgia make them tops for of pure, unadulterated summer fun.
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Slide 2 of 11: If you love Vegas for its casinos and the Jersey shore for its boardwalks, you
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Slide 3 of 11: The birthplace of the hot dog and the modern roller coaster, Coney Island is also home to the beach-abutting Riegelmann Boardwalk, which inspired The Drifters' 1964 chart-topper, "Under the Boardwalk."
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Slide 4 of 11: The staid South is hardly where you'd expect to find a sprawling beach area teeming with a carnival atmosphere, but that
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Slide 5 of 11: For summer fun in San Diego, head to the section of Mission Beach known as the Strand, where a popular 2-mile-long cement pathway stretches from the Mission Bay channel to the north end of Pacific Beach.
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Slide 6 of 11: Dating back to 1902, Ocean City, Maryland
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Slide 7 of 11: A perfect day on Ocean City, New Jersey's 2.5-mile boardwalk involves enjoying the melodies from Music Pier, the sound of arcade games, kids' shouts from Wonderland Pier, and the smell of fudge in the air.
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Slide 8 of 11: Slews of visitors from Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Washington, DC trammel the wooden planks of Rehoboth Beach each summer, basking in the unpretentious vibe of this coastal Delaware town.
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Slide 9 of 11: Once promoted as the "Coney Island of the West," the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk offers everything from thrill rides and arcade games to bowling, beach volleyball, and ballroom dancing.
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Slide 10 of 11: Chances are, you
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Slide 11 of 11: It may be made of concrete instead of wooden planks, but besides that, Virginia Beach
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