One of the tallest traveling Ferris wheels in North America is coming to the Minnesota State Fair. The Great Big Wheel takes riders 156 feet high. The ride features 36 gondolas, each with a ...

FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. - One of the tallest Ferris wheels in North America is a new fixture at this year's Minnesota State Fair. The Great Big Wheel, which is made in the Netherlands, is 15 stories ...

A $5 ride lasts about three to four minutes. FALCON HEIGHTS — The Great Big Wheel lives up to its name. It's 156 feet tall, made out of 400,000 pounds of steel, fiberglass, electrical wiring and ...

Austin and Aynsley met at the Minnesota State Fair two years ago. Monday, atop the Great Big Wheel, Austin proposed. Family and friends were in on the surprise, and ready to celebrate with them ...

Nonetheless, the big wheel opened to the public ... it’s just taken years for the plan to come to fruition. The Seattle Great Wheel is one of the largest of its kind in the U.S., according ...

Melissa Yurk, of Boulder, said any excuse for an adult to wear a costume in mid-July is great. And riding a Big Wheel? Even better. “It’s fun, it’s crazy, it’s totally silly,” Yurk said. “It’s a ...

"It's great. The whole point is to crash." The 11th annual Bring Your Own Big Wheel derby attracted more than 2,000 celebrants to one of the steepest, curviest streets in San Francisco: Vermont ...