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A county fair in October has an almost ritualistic quality. The sound of a ferris wheel turning on for the…

Every summer, children climb into carnival rides, buckle up, and spin skyward while their parents watch from below across Vermont’s…

A trading card has a subtle significance. It costs a few dollars, fits in your palm, and somehow carries the…

Most people completely forget about safety at a certain point, somewhere between the click of a lap bar and the…

Telling a six-year-old that the toy they want just isn’t available on any shelf, in any store, or anywhere you…

Observing a family pass through the entrance gates of a large theme park in June has an almost ceremonial quality.…

After something like this, a family experiences a certain kind of silence. The heavier silence of ignorance—waiting for phone calls,…

Being trapped in the air on an uncontrollable object causes a certain kind of dread. Not a plane; at the…

A local building inspector in Virginia is in charge of approving the safety of an amusement ride that throws people…

The fact that the nation that created some of the oldest fairground customs in the world is currently setting the…