The skeletal structures of roller coasters have dotted the American landscape for decades, but the number of wooden trestles has diminished over the years. However, wooden coasters may be making a ...

A rendering of the Tormenta Rampaging Run coaster at Six Flags Over Texas. Credit: Six Flags Over Texas At a vertigo-inducing 18-stories high, the world's tallest vertical loop roller coaster has ...

As a big roller coaster fan, I am enthusiastic about this exciting news: Six Flags Over Texas has officially completed construction of the world’s tallest vertical roller coaster loop on its new ...

Six Flags Over Texas will debut Tormenta Rampaging Run, featuring a 179-foot loop and 87 mph speeds. Kristine Hansen is a design, food and drink, and travel writer based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She ...

It was once one of the most iconic amusement park rides in Northeast Ohio and all of America, for that matter. The Double Loop roller coaster at Geauga Lake was a record-breaking thrill ride that ...

If you’re going to celebrate roller coasters, you’re probably in the right state. National Roller Coaster Day has been observed Aug. 16 for about 40 years, commemorating the date of the 1898 patent on ...

Experience 2026's biggest thrills with these eight incredible roller coasters across the United States ...

Roller coaster engineer Korey Kiepert joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about roller coasters and the people who design them. How do roller coasters work? Who invented the first ...