Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

A Century of Screams: The History of the Roller Coaster

The roller coaster has its origins in St. Petersburg, Russia, as a simple slide that took thrillseekers down an icy ramp past ...

50 years later, Cedar Point’s Corkscrew remains a roller coaster icon

SANDUSKY, Ohio – It’s no longer the tallest roller coaster at Cedar Point, nor the fastest. But 50 years ago, Corkscrew was the most thrilling – the first roller coaster in the world to flip riders ...