In late 1890, Daniel Burnham, the eminent architect charged with turning a boggy square mile of Chicago into a world-dazzling ... he said. Ferris was hardly the first to imagine such a wheel.

Do you remember going to carnivals as a kid? You'd buy some sticky cotton candy; you'd win an ugly stuffed animal at the beanbag toss. And when night fell, you'd board the Ferris wheel for a ...

When George W. Ferris constructed the world's first Ferris wheel for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition held in Chicago, he started a trend (and in a sense, he also helped usher in the modern ...

The first observation wheel, built in Chicago back in 1893, marked the beginning of a race between cities in height. The Las Vegas 168-meter High Roller is currently the leader . However ...

The world's tallest observation wheel ... the structure will be over 200 per cent taller than the first ever Ferris wheel, demonstrating Meraas' continuous desire to push the boundaries of ...