One of the first “roller-coaster” rides in the U.S. was actually a short coal railway in Pennsylvania that hauled coal downhill between mines and used mules to bring the empty cars back up the hill.

BRIGHTON, Colo. -- If you're handy and have a little one, we have an idea for your next DIY project. A family in Colorado is turning a playset into an amusement park, KMGH reported. For a 3-year-old, ...

When the weekly hang is in the William Pennington Engineering Building and the conversation is about gravitational force and laws of motion, then the friend group is the Roller Coaster Club. “I wanted ...

Update: This coaster deal went off the rails — with over 20,000 shoppers snatching it up over the last month (in no small part thanks to the under-$100 Black Friday price!). It’s gone up in price to ...

FORT MEYERS, Fla. (WFLA/WBBH) — The coronavirus pandemic has inspired a Florida dad to compensate for lack of entertainment by building that entertainment in his own back yard. Over the past 11 months ...

Math and science are a scream for the 12 students in the course “Roller Coasters: Theory, Design, and Properties,” at Bates College, in Lewiston, Me. The students study roller-coaster design to learn ...

Students taking a new roller-coaster design course at Purdue University have discovered that fun, real-world applications make solving difficult engineering problems more interesting. "What we found ...

A new filing reveals the possible name of a roller-coaster at the new upcoming Universal Kids Resort in Frisco, Texas. Universal filed to trademark “Jurassic World: Cretaceous Coaster” for theme parks ...

Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California, plans to demolish two beloved but aging kids rides, according to permits ...