A roller coaster destination today, Cedar Point first opened as a public beach in 1870. The park in Sandusky, Ohio, opened its first coaster, the Switchback Railway, in 1892. Magnum XL-200, Mean ...

Rhode Island may not have any amusement parks in operation today, but many years ago, the Ocean State was full of them, from Crescent Point to The Enchanted Forest to Rocky Point Amusement Park. Theme ...

Rhode Island has no roller coasters now, but it used to. For many Ocean State natives, Rocky Point Amusement Park and her steel coasters come to mind first, as the park was shuttered only a few ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Since Belmont Park first opened to the public in 1925, the historic Mission Beach amusement park and its iconic wooden roller coaster have become synonymous with San Diego’s ...

Radium was hot at the turn of the twentieth century. Discovered by Marie Curie in 1898, it quickly became big business. People loved radium. They put it in watches, in dials, in paints. They figured ...

VALENCIA, Calif. (KPHO/Gray News) — A piece of roller coaster history has come to a reported end in Southern California. According to the Orange County Register, Six Flags Magic Mountain has ...