Nearly every town and community in the Jersey Shore area has a boardwalk with varied attractions, entertainment, shopping, restaurants, miniature golf, arcades, water parks with numerous water rides, including water slides, lazy rivers, wave pools, and so on. The boardwalk is also a popular place for musicians to perform live music. In addition to the Jersey Shore, other popular areas with boardwalks include Daytona Beach, Florida; Lincoln City, Oregon; Seaside, Oregon; Venice, California; and Wildwood, New Jersey. Boardwalks were originally built as promenades along beaches or in ports. Today, they are found primarily in coastal resorts and vacation towns in states such as New Jersey, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Virginia. Although many boardwalks have been destroyed by hurricanes, floods, and other disasters, others have been rebuilt even after major storms have caused extensive damage to their original structures. The first boardwalk was built in 1872 in Ocean City, Maryland. Since then, nearly all types of entertainment has been offered on boardwalks: from roller coasters and carousels to dancing contests and magic shows.