One of the guys was working on the next phase of the inexplicably misguided plan, removing some heavy counterweights hanging under the ferris wheel, when a young woman shows up with a dosimeter ...

We're talking, of course, about the Ferris wheel. It's the 131st anniversary of the World's Columbian Exposition and there are so many Pittsburgh ties. "The organizers of the World's Fair in ...

(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.

And when night fell, you'd board the Ferris wheel for a romantic ride with your latest crush. There was nothing quite like it. But as an adult, cotton candy may seem nauseating and carnival games ...

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 ...

A summer music festival in Germany devolved into horror Saturday when a Ferris wheel full of riders burst into flames, according to a local report. More than 30 people were injured in the incident ...

Two gondolas of a Ferris wheel caught fire in eastern Germany on Saturday night, injuring more than a dozen people, German news media reported Sunday. The incident occurred when one of the Ferris ...

BERLIN - More than 20 people were injured on the night of Aug 17 after a Ferris wheel caught fire at a music festival near the German city of Leipzig, a police spokesperson told AFP. The fire ...

At least 30 people have been injured, including four police officers, after a Ferris wheel burst into flames at a German rock music festival. The blaze broke out in a gondola at the Highfield ...

Officials say one person fell and four were burned when two gondolas burned on a Ferris wheel at the Highfield Festival near Leipzig. Leipzig — Police in the east German city of Leipzig are ...

Whether $5 or $50, every contribution counts. At least 23 people were injured when two gondolas of a Ferris wheel caught fire at a music festival near Leipzig in eastern Germany, news agency dpa ...

A Ferris wheel has erupted into a blaze at a German music festival and left at least 30 people injured. The ride at Highfield Festival at Stormthaler Lake near Leipzig could be seen engulfed in ...