Desolate Beauty Photography, by Kristin Horne

12/28/2025

Here one day and gone the next. That simple, that quickly.

12/09/2025

Loving this beautiful snow we've been getting in Hardy, Va! ❄️🥶😍

08/17/2025

05/24/2024

You can't seeee meeeee! 👀🔎

07/24/2023

I've photographed this several times over the years, but it never gets tiresome.

10/24/2022

Autumn is the season that teaches us that change can be beautiful.

09/07/2022

Only 55 days until Halloween! But what's to say the spooky can't start now?!

06/12/2022

When Ga***rd White reopened the park in the mid-1980s, he wanted to re-create the feel of the original park as much as he could. Since the old rides were sold and no longer there, he tracked down a vintage Ferris wheel and swing ride.

White purchased an old swing ride from a person in New Jersey, brought it to West Virginia, and put it back together. Curious about the swing's history, he looked up its serial number. It turned out to be the same swing that had thrilled visitors at the park many years ago, but had also claimed the life of a little girl.

Source: https://www.ranker.com/list/creepy-lake-shawnee-amusement-park-facts/erin-mccann

06/11/2022

A young girl died on one of these swings (marked with a red ribbon) in 1966 when a delivery truck backed directly into her. Witnesses remember seeing her pretty pink dress stained with blood.
Today, people bring toys as an offering to her when visiting the park.

06/10/2022

Rich in history and tragedy.

https://visitmercercounty.com/places/lake-shawnee/