Electric lights were available in the US since the 1880s, but were not common until half a century later, which is why the ...

There’s just something magical about old-school Coney Island. Maybe it’s the clackety sounds of the wooden roller coasters or the way the salty ocean breeze mixes with the scent of funnel cakes and ...

A historical destination that earned the nickname "The Coney Island of Maine" is an island with idyllic scenery and a homey, ...

In Weegee's photograph Coney Island at noon Saturday, July 5, 1942—shot for the visually punchy, commercial-free, left-wing tabloid PM—the overgrown structure looms on the horizon in its glory ...