Richard Alcala looks over his pair of 1950s mechanical pony rides every day before opening Alcala’s Western Wear on Chicago Avenue. They’re the coin-operated variety of horse-fl esh–“coin-op” in ...

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 ...

It's the end of an era of coin-operated grocery store rides and one photographer documents the disappearance. Before And After: Arizona’s Disappearing Coin-Operated Rides It's the end of an era of ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

Alton Towers in the UK has opened its new Bluey-themed junior roller coaster, Bluey the Ride: Here Come the Grannies.

Nervous parents may fret about dangerous-looking roller coasters with precipitous drops, or rusty Ferris wheels in traveling fairs, but it turns out that for young children, coin-operated rides in ...

Two carnival rides were swiped from inside a warehouse and the owner is now asking who took them and how someone could have pulled it off.Steve Canning's industrial warehouse in northwest Baltimore is ...

Unlicensed Pikachu coin-operated rides have been showing up outside shops and malls across Asia and occasionally the U.S. for ...