The Ferris wheel made its debut 128 years ago on June 21 at the Chicago World's Fair Kate Hogan is Director of Digital Specials and Features at PEOPLE, as well as the editor of Stories to Make You ...

But if you're tempted to ride, here's fair warning: You shouldn't be ... held the title of world's tallest Ferris wheel for almost two years until 2008. This one features 60 capsules or "gondolas ...

The giant tire was created for the 1964–65 New York World’s Fair, not as the 80-foot-tall billboard it is now, but as a Ferris wheel. It was originally part of a static design that featured a ...

In late 1890, Daniel Burnham, the eminent architect charged with turning a boggy square mile of Chicago into a world ... he said. Ferris was hardly the first to imagine such a wheel.

it was an imposing sight at the World's Fair and attracted lots of attention and passengers. It was also a celebration of and a testament to the Industrial Revolution. The original Ferris wheel ...

America hosted the World's Fair of 1893 as a celebration of ... feature from afar was George Washington Gale Ferris's gigantic wheel ride -- the first Ferris wheel ever built.

We're in the midst of our spring campaign, and we have until April 27 to raise $7,500. These funds directly support the ...

The “Ferris Wheel” lasted longer than its creator’s life, fortunes and reputation – but only marginally. It remained in Chicago during the decade immediately after the World’s Fair ...

High Roller, the world tallest Ferris Wheel, opened to the public in 2014 in Las Vegas. It is 2.7 meters taller than its predecessor, the 165 meter Singapore Flyer, which had held the record from ...

It isn't difficult to pick out the La Grande Wheel XL amid the glowing, rainbow-colored spectacle of the Arizona State Fair's midway when ... the biggest and best Ferris wheel in town.