Abandoned Theme Parks

I would like go to Glen Echo in Maryland partly because its legal to enter the park, and it would be interesting to photograph the unused part in contrast with the used part. I would love to capture a abandoned building in the same photo with a used building, because it would show two eras of history in one shot. Ideally I would also be able to go at night in order to see the lights on a current building and the eeriness of the abandoned building.

5 Unusual places to Photograph
1. Chateau de Loup
2. Henry and Edsel Ford Memorial Auditorium, Detroit
3. Vanity Ballroom
4. Chateau Clochard
5. Boca Chica Village

Boca Chica Village
The Boca Chica Village is located in Cameron County, Texas, about a mile from the Mexico border and two miles from the coast. I think that his would be a cool place to photograph because some houses are unkept, while other houses are neat and clean. The road is filled with potholes and is in disarray, and there is a completely abandoned motel-like house that would be awesome to photograph, as well as a shrine to the Virgin Mary.
In order to photograph this location, it would be a 300 mile drive from Austin and a 30 minute drive from the edge of the city of Brownsville. On the way back into town, you would have to check in with Border Patrol in order to enter the city. Hotels in the city are average rate, as long as you don't stay on South Padre Island or Port Isabelle. I would need a camera, different lenses, maybe a tripod and a flash. Some expenses I would encounter would be hotel rooms, restaurants, personal items, and possibly souvenirs. I would have to consider privacy laws and some property laws before photographing the village.