Carpentersville Memories
Adventureland Video Page
Welcome to the Carpentersville Memories video pages. Our goal is to bring back some fun memories of growing up in the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s and 80’s.
This video page is dedicated to Adventureland.
A fun video slideshow about Adventureland.
The former Storybook Park was sold to Durell Everding, whose family also owned Santa’s Village (now Santa’s Village AZoosment Park) in 1961 and renamed Adventureland. Some attractions from Storybook Park were kept, but the new owner began to focus on adding more rides to the park to attract older visitors as well. Owner Durell Everding died in 1970 and the park was run by his family until it was later purchased by Medinah Investors. The park closed in 1977 as a result from competition with newer parks; the parks rides and attractions were sold off upon the park’s closing.
Since the park’s closing, Medinah Road on the site’s east side was re-routed through part of the property. The Scottish Rite Valley of Chicago building now occupies most of the site, although aerial views show evidence of the park’s trails, while urban explorers have reported finding remains of park buildings and ride foundations on the site.