Ferris wheels have been popular since George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., a 33-year-old engineer, designed one for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. More than a century later, we ...

More than a diversion, more than the first amusement park ride, the giant wheel imagined and built by George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago ...

It was announced Friday that Navy Pier's old Ferris Wheel is getting a new home in Branson, Missouri, but the original giant Chicago Ferris Wheel had a less happy "second life.

The original Ferris wheel was dismantled and rebuilt in a different part of Chicago, then was dismantled again and sent to the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis where several million riders enjoyed it.

PHOTO: High Roller, Las Vegas, Nevada (courtesy The Linq Facebook page) When the High Roller opened at Las Vegas' new Linq entertainment complex on Monday, it officially became the world's tallest ...

NPR's Rachel Martin talks with Alexander Eisenschmidt, an assistant professor of architecture at University of Illinois at Chicago, about the new Chicago Ferris Wheel.

Karyn Wilder, a vice president and general manager with Icon Experiences — which runs KC Wheel and other Ferris wheels in St. Louis and Washington, D.C. — says they’ve already sold hundreds of tickets ...