Carousels are a mainstay of amusement parks. Three at Cedar Point are so old, they're on the National Register of Historic Places. Midway Carousel was built in 1912. It's the oldest operating ride at ...
July 25 has been recognized as National Carousel Day since 2014. Though William Schneider of Davenport, Iowa, was issued the first American patent for a carousel in 1871, carousels have been spinning ...