A highlight from 1916 to 1974 was a wooden roller coaster called the Greyhound, but after attendance dwindled, the condemned coaster was spectacularly exploded in the final scene of the 1980 ...

JACKSON TOWNSHIP, N.J. – The world's tallest and second-fastest roller coaster, Kingda Ka, has reached its final days, as demolition crews prepare to implode the iconic ride that has towered ...

The roller coaster has its origins in St. Petersburg, Russia, as a simple slide that took thrillseekers down an icy ramp past a variety of colored lanterns. Catherine the Great gave this custom a ...