Ohio's Kings Island is home to the world's longest wooden roller coaster, known for record-breaking length and a nighttime ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's the largest wooden roller coaster in Pennsylvania, according to Waldameer president Steve Gorman. It's also the tallest and ...

Diehard roller coaster fans will travel the world in search of bigger and better thrills and spills. Luckily for them, new rides are opening all the time as theme parks try to outdo each other by ...

Thrill seekers and our newsroom alike are looking forward to Kings Island's announcement tonight, where the amusement park will be announcing a new ride. While we don't have too many details just yet, ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KGO) -- This day in 1924, the legendary Giant Dipper wooden roller coaster opened to guests at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk -- which was only 17 years old at that time. One ...

The skeletal structures of roller coasters have dotted the American landscape for decades, but the number of wooden trestles has diminished over the years. However, wooden coasters may be making a ...

Alabama Adventure & Splash Adventure will reopen its wooden roller coaster Rampage at noon today, ending a multi-year closure that left fans of the Bessemer amusement park clamoring for its return.

Tucked away in Bristol, Connecticut, there’s a place where time seems to stand still in the best possible way. Lake Compounce isn’t just another theme park; it’s a living piece of American history, ...

Roller coaster engineer Korey Kiepert joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about roller coasters and the people who design them. How do roller coasters work? Who invented the first ...

The Beast roller coaster seen from above surrounded by fall foliage - J H/Google Maps When Kings Island opened in 1972, it helped usher in a new golden age of roller coasters. Owned by the Taft ...