PENNSYLVANIA (WHTM) — Roller coasters are present throughout the country and the world. With ever-changing technology, the amount of roller coasters continues to grow. Most coasters built presently ...

ELYSBURG, Pa. -- Hurtling down a wooden track, a stiff wind in the face, a scream welling up in the lungs, and weightless, momentarily, from the drop at the lift hill. The rush of adrenaline that ...

Of the estimated 6,600 roller coasters in the world, several stand tall among the rest by offering thrills that go beyond the standard coaster and take excitement to new heights. Nothing quite matches ...

SANTA CLARA — From a distance, the giant escarpment of wood looks like one of those models made from Popsicle sticks by very lonely men, possibly a dinosaur that lumbered into Great America and was ...

AUSTELL, Ga. -- The red cars rumble by on wooden tracks covered in peeling white paint. With a steady clink, clink it climbs 95 feet in the air, then plummets into a curve, jerking the riders sideways ...

The massive Colossus roller coaster, with a 100-foot drop and speeds up to 60 mph, has evoked screams of terror and joy for 36 years. But 15-year-old Madi Giordano ...

It has been 60 years since the oldest wooden roller coaster in Canada took its first set of thrill-seekers on its swaying one-kilometre track at Vancouver's Playland at the PNE. According to the ...

(WHTM) — Wooden roller coasters throughout Pennsylvania create plenty of thrills; some of them are nearly 100 years old and many of them are considered historical landmarks. But what about the steel ...

Get our weekly picks of what to do this weekend and the latest on Philly's arts and entertainment scene. Love ’em or hate ’em, a theme park is defined by its roller coasters, and Philly is well-within ...

Coaster enthusiasts thought the rebirth of the Flying Turns wooden toboggan coaster at Pennsylvania’s Knoebels amusement park might never happen. The family-run park in tiny Elysburg spent eight ...