What Esme didn’t know was the antique wooden carousel she rode is one of a rare group of merry-go-rounds built at the turn of the 20th century and still spinning more than 100 years later.

America's carousels are spinning out of existence. There's a fight to save them. Experts estimate that as many as 3,500 wooden carousels were built at the turn of the 20th century – and only 150 ...