Defunctland's Kevin Perjurer is the Ken Burns of theme park documentarians, one of the most thrillingly unpredictable and refreshingly forthright filmmakers working. His dives into Walt Disney ...

For someone who’s really into theme parks, Disney history, and the stories behind childhood favorites, I became a Defunctland fan far too late — but I’m so glad I did. The channel has a wonderful ...

When a theme park shutters its gates for good, it’s usually marked with a small sigh from the local news or, if the park was big enough, a what-went-wrong exposé from the national press. Decades later ...

Defunctland is one step closer to becoming a (virtual) reality. The YouTube series created by Kevin Perjurer explores extinct theme park attractions in each new episode, spinning them together in a ...

In this episode of Defunctland, I take a look at the highly requested extinct attraction Kongfrontation, formerly found at Universal Studios Florida. Kevin tries to tackle two attractions in this two ...

An Ode to... is a weekly column where we share the stuff we're really into in hopes that you'll be really into it, too. Just as Ben and Jerry's has their Flavor ...

Defunctland's Kevin Perjurer is one of our best nostalgia explorers, an Indiana Jones who swings into the caverns of pop culture's past to break down why things happened and help explain what they ...

The old Walt Disney World 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea ride that last set sail in 1994 has now returned in full in virtual reality. I have only the vaguest of memories of Walt Disney World’s old ...

For those who don’t know, Defunctland is a web-based series of documentaries that dive into the history of theme parks and theme park-adjacent pop culture. Run by filmmaker Kevin Perjurer, their multi ...