One of the first “roller-coaster” rides in the U.S. was actually a short coal railway in Pennsylvania that hauled coal downhill between mines and used mules to bring the empty cars back up the hill.

More than two dozen members of the Girl Scouts of Central Maryland came to Johns Hopkins University's Homewood campus Saturday to design and build miniature roller coasters out of cardboard boxes, ...

Here’s a fun spin on engineering and all you need is paper, scissors, and tape — paper roller coasters. Just fold, cut, and tape colorful paper strips of heavy paper together to create sturdy roller ...

CLEAR LAKE | A team of Forest City High School students recently learned on the fly how to build a roller coaster out of paper. Gabe Staudt, Ellie Reece and Ally Larson were among the participants in ...

CLEAR LAKE | Four West Hancock High School students recently got a crash course in roller coaster building and learned about physics and time management along the way. Josef Smith, Owen Leerar, Mazie ...

Back in the early 2000s, "RollerCoaster Tycoon 2" (2002) was a blast to play. One could design rides with just the right amount of corkscrews, helixes and inversions to get park-goers' adrenaline ...

The world of roller coasters is an exciting one. The towering steel (or sometimes wooden) tracks stand like giant beacons within their respective theme parks. They beckon for adventurous riders to ...