Roller coasters may be over 100 years old, but they are still bringing Americans today fresh excitement. Since the first roller coaster opened in 1884 on New York's Coney Island, the ride has gone ...

Roller coasters in the 1970s were often unpolished, occasionally jarring, but rarely forgettable. They didn’t all survive, ...

There’s something about the sudden drop of your stomach that elicits a thrill — a spike of adrenaline and dopamine that fills ...

— Purchases you make through our links may earn us and our publishing partners an affiliate commission. While theme park rides come in all shapes and sizes these days, nothing beats the adrenaline ...

Roller coasters: You love them or hate them. But if you’re among the fanatics who worship the coaster gods, there’s an amazing worldwide assemblage of thrilling and chilling rides to choose from.

What keeps roller coasters on the track and riders safely in their seats? This video explores roller coaster safety, the evolution of coaster design, and the function of ride mechanisms. This ...

A pair of scientific studies on roller coasters sponsored by an amusement park find that there is no public health risk associated with riding roller coasters. The studies were conducted for Six Flags ...

Here’s a riddle: What’s more dangerous — a bouncy house at a backyard birthday party or a portable roller coaster assembled ...

Kingda Ka at Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey. | Dusso Janladde, Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 3.0 Amusement park rides have come a long way since the rickety wooden roller coasters of ...

Roller coasters may seem like a very modern type of entertainment – constantly getting bigger, faster and scarier thanks to advances in technology. But they actually date back to the mid-1800s.