Did you know that Jim Bakker had an amusement park?
You’ll have to excuse me on my lack of 80’s televangelist history knowledge.
Back in 1986, Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker’s Heritage USA was the third most visited amusement park in the United States, falling only behind Disney’s two destinations — Disney World and Disneyland
According to i09:
Heritage USA opened in Fort Mill, SC, in 1978, and by the mid-eighties drew in six million visitors each year. The park was perhaps best-known for “Jerry’s Slide,” a 163-foot water slide that Falwell slid down in his suit, resulting in one of the most famous photographs of the televangelist.
Here’s the famous photo:
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