Mar 19
Everybody knows Lunch Atop a Skyscraper. Eleven men eating lunch on an I-beam beam hundreds of feet above New York City, none of them wearing safety harnesses—it’s iconic! That’s what makes this roller coaster recreation of it so much fun.
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Feb 21
The chance to live in a land of childhood nightmares only comes around once in a lifetime. Spreepark, an amusement park in Berlin that’s been closed for over a decade, could now be yours. The property was recently listed on eBay for a cool 1.62 million Euros.
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Jan 07
Amusement park rides from the early 20th century weren’t exactly known for their safety. But if this terrifying attraction from 1919 had ever been built, it probably would’ve been the most dangerous ride ever constructed.
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Dec 16
We’re going to Australia, everybody. You, me, your mother, my neighbor, your dog, the guy on the subway, the girl in the book store, everybody. Why? Because they’ve built the closest thing to a real life Jurassic Park there. Called Palmersaurus Dinosaur Park, it’s home to 160 animatronic dinosaurs that move, blink, roar and just look freaking awesome looking like dinosaurs.
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Oct 18
Most roller coasters put their stomach-dropping slopes and brain-twisting loops front and center for all the world to see. But the amusement-park attractions known as “dark rides” keep their thrills hidden.
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Sep 04
Do you ever look at the ancient pyramids in Egypt and think, "Why isn’t there a gigantic carnival ride on top of those?" Well, you wouldn’t be alone. Because somebody asked that very question in 1931.
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Aug 22
Until the 1970s, the tiny southern Illinois town of Metropolis had two claims to fame: The long-demolished fort George Washington had founded nearby, and the Uranium Hexafluoride Processing Facility, which employed hundreds of its citizens. But in June 1972, the Illinois House of Representatives and DC Comics gave Metropolis a new history. They declared it the official hometown of Superman.
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