But if you need a break from holding your breath, there's one attraction that lets you catch it: The Ferris wheel, a slow-moving salvation from all that speed. Ferris wheels have been turning for ...

(WYTV) — The first Ferris wheel stood 264 feet tall and was the biggest attraction at the World Exposition in Chicago, in June 1893. Is that big? The Giant Wheel at Cedar Point is 145 feet.

Residents and tourists alike may have noticed a new landmark emerging near Kansas City’s Union Station in recent weeks — a giant Ferris wheel. New features appear by the day: What began as a ...

Pennway Putt, the 16-hole minigolf course underneath the wheel, also opened Thursday, just in time for thousands of Kansas City students heading on winter break. The Ferris wheel and minigolf ...

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute students and staff enjoy rides on a Ferris wheel that was brought onto the RPI campus to help celebrate the university’s 200th anniversary on Friday, during a ...

“Too fragile,” he said. Ferris was hardly the first to imagine such a wheel. In fact, a carpenter named William Somers was building 50-foot wooden wheels at Asbury Park, Atlantic City and ...

“Too fragile,” he said. Ferris was hardly the first to imagine such a wheel. In fact, a carpenter named William Somers was building 50-foot wooden wheels at Asbury Park, Atlantic City and ...