The Melrose Park amusement park Kiddieland will soon be no more. Costco, the retailer that purchased the site back in October, began demolishing the park today. You can visit Kiddieland's most popular ride, The Little Dipper, at Six Flags Great America. A Westmont man purchased the carousel and hopes to reopen it in the area. Relive your warmest Kiddieland memories through photos and videos. more ›

The closing of local amusement park Kiddieland and the selling off of its rides and attractions had a lot of local fun-seekers down. But for those still itching for a blast from the past, there's hope. The Little Dipper, the most popular ride had Kiddieland, has been refurbished and is going up at Six Flags Great America. The park spent $36,000 buying the ride and has spent more money refurbishing it. According to ABC 7, only 10 percent of the original wood from the ride was kept. But the original cars have been spiffed up and Six Flags has done their best to recreate the Little Dipper as authentically as possible, considering they had no blueprints. Gary Pohlman, director of construction, said, "We brought our people down there along with an engineering firm to basically shoot everything in place and do it 'As Built' of the ride there in Melrose Park. That gave us something to work off of for resetting it back up here." The ride should be ready to roll by Memorial Day. more ›

It was just a few weeks ago that we mourned the closing of famed local amusement park Kiddieland. And now, the rides aren't even cold but they're being torn down and auctioned off, giving you a chance to buy your favorite ride. Why? Because the would-be buyer who wanted to buy the park as a whole and relocate it to Utica, IL defaulted. So now you'll have a chance to own a piece of the park as they dismantle it. Five of the park's rides and train have been sold to other amusement parks but there will still be 20 rides - including the carousel and Roto Whip - to choose from come the auction on November 24. more ›