In the middle of the 20th century, miniature golf courses in the United States commonly used gigantic representations of otherworldly characters to attract customers. Figures from fairy tales standing several stories high drew in crowds of people willing to pay for a chance to putt next to these characters over on astroturfed courses. Over the past 50 years, many of these cartoonish courses have slowly fallen into disrepair or disappeared entirely. But there are a few exceptions, including Peter Pan Mini-Golf in Austin, Texas. Opened in 1948 by the Dismukes brothers…