GLADEWATER, TX (KLTV) - You just don't see them much anymore. They've nearly gone the way of the tube TV or 8-track tape: Kiddie rides. You know, the horse or car rides you put a quarter in to shake ...
On a recent Sunday afternoon in my neighborhood in Queens, I stopped to watch a mother, father, and their young child. The parents, in church suits with the mildly stoned look of the truly exhausted, ...
There was a time when outside many American storefronts, 25 cents could buy a child a two-minute ride on a stallion, an Indy racecar, or a giant rabbit. Though most did nothing more than jerk back and ...
A wistful trip back in time costs only a quarter in Rehoboth Beach. Consider it the deal of the century. Drop a coin into a metal slot at the Funland and saddle up Champion, a vintage, coin-operated ...
He's a lover of all things retro, from Lee Marvin to the Super Sounds of the Seventies. So it came as no surprise Quentin Tarantino enjoyed a coin-operated kid's ride designed like Scooby-Doo's ...
The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. When Gary Mandarino got an urgent order for a refurbished 30-year-old carousel—4 feet in diameter and 7 feet ...
Every year, thousands of Red Cross volunteers walk the streets of Mexico with their collection boxes to support the organization's annual fundraising drive. Lately, large corporate donors have ...
There was a time when outside many American storefronts, 25 cents could buy a child a two-minute ride on a stallion, an Indy racecar, or a giant rabbit. Though most did nothing more than jerk back and ...