https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/03/14/7-wildly-creative-mini-golf-courses-in-san-francisco-walnut-creek-and-more/

Miniature golf’s popularity reached a pinnacle in the 1950s when the idea of fantastical landscaping and crazy contraptions — hello, rotating windmill blades — hit the artificial turf. The windmill and castle moat tradition continues on at Golfland, Scandia, Boomers and similar entertainment centers.

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