At the turn of the century when children’s literature was rife with moral lessons and cautionary violence, L. Frank Baum set ...

But it took an entire century for the inspiration of the Wizard himself to be identified – Washington Harrison Donaldson, balloonist and colleague of famed circus master P.T. Barnum. Born in ...

To celebrate 20 years of World of Warcraft, players have the chance to earn the Coldflame Tempest mount during the ...

Last month, a Space Perspective capsule soared into Earth's stratosphere from the Gulf of Mexico on the Titusville company's ...

"Richard is both a legendary balloonist and he's inspired a generation of entrepreneurs. So having him both as an investor and co-pilot in the first human flight brings a pretty broad range of ...

At Highlands Ranch Mansion, the unexplained and unsettling has become routine. But is it haunted? Historic Programs ...

He tied the balloon hoax to John Wise, Lancaster’s pioneering hot-air balloonist. Wise had announced plans to cross the Atlantic in 1843. Because he was one of the most prominent balloonists of ...

In 1995, Winston Howes, a farmer in Gloucestershire, England, began an extraordinary tribute to honor the love of his life: ...

And he was really excited about balloons,” said Dr. Thomas McConnell, a balloonist with the fiesta’s board of directors. On Saturday, April 8, 1972, just over a dozen balloons gathered in ...

THAT COOL AIR TENDS TO FLOW SOUTHWARD DOWN SLOPE, CREATING WHAT WE CALL A NORTHERLY DRAIN AS WIND AS A BALLOONIST LIFTS OFF FROM BALLOON FIESTA PARK. IT CATCHES NORTHERLY DRAINAGE WIND AND FLOWS ...

the eccentric photographer and balloonist; two great might-have-been among the artists, Frédéric Bazille and Henri Regnault, ...

Meet Brian Boland—the beloved, eccentric hot air balloonist and artist from the rural Upper Valley of Vermont.