Navy Pier, of course, is a lot more than 30 years old. It first opened as Municipal Pier in 1916 — 109 years ago. But before 1995, it wasn't the top local attraction we know today.

On July 12, 1995, the ribbon was cut for Navy Pier as it reopened as a top tourist destination. Christine Doyle reports on the spectacle, and Bill Kurtis takes a ride on the newly opened first ...

XRoads41 is set to bring a Ferris wheel, more vendors and two new viewing areas as part of an enhanced summer concert.

Nearly 300 boats and 2,500 sailors are joining the 333-mile race on Lake Michigan from Navy Pier to Mackinac Island, Michigan.

A man who climbed the Ferris wheel at the Santa Monica Pier and told people he had a bomb was safely removed and has been taken into custody.

Akil De Vignes is being celebrated online for his heroic actions after he climbed a Ferris wheel to rescue a young child dangling from a pod in a dramatic incident captured on video Sunday evening ...

Card and Company Architects A conceptual rendering showing the proposed layout of a St. Paul Square development featuring a 213-foot observation wheel in San Antonio, Texas.

The policy change was welcomed by some tourists visiting Navy Pier on Tuesday. Mexico resident Marcela Caceres told the Sun-Times she despises taking off her shoes at U.S. airports.

DAVENPORT - A developmentally disabled man riding the Ferris wheel Tuesday at the Mississippi Valley Fair in Davenport slipped out of his car and dropped between the wheel's spokes before ...

Marcela Herrera was killed and a man was hurt in a hit-and-run crash Saturday at Ashland and Cullerton on the Southwest Side, Chicago police said.