In the 23rd installment of this educational series, Shelly & Noe Valladolid head down to the water. To be specific, Santa Monica, California.

Where CBS tried to get in the theme park business by radically

reimagining a 30-year-old amusement pier.

Over the course of this episode, listeners will learn about:

• What was the original name of the first amusement pier in this location

• What nearby amusement park did Abbott Kinney build

• What was the first attraction on “The Million Dollar Pier”

• Who narrated POP’s 1958 guidebook and made an appearance in the Park

• What were the only two rides added to POP

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