Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rhode Island may not have any amusement parks in operation today, but many years ago, the Ocean State was full of them, from ...

On June 16, 1884, Sunday school teacher and part-time inventor LaMarcus Adna Thompson unveiled his greatest creation to the waiting crowds at Coney Island. Reportedly inspired by the switchback ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WPVI) -- This may be little Zachary Goodwin's first and last time on a roller coaster. Paula Goodwin and her husband, Santwaun, wanted to capture their four-year-old son's first ...

A 4-year-old's reaction to his first time on a roller coaster quickly goes from excited to terrified. The video was posted to Instagram on June 16 by the boy's mother, Paula Goodwin after they went to ...