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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Dave Helm, the namesake of Colton-based Helm and Sons Amusements, won Friday’s auction for the famed merry-go-round from San Bernardino’s now-shuttered ...

The city of Los Angeles’ Recreation and Parks Department is planning on buying the historic carousel that entertained children and celebrities for nearly a century in Griffith Park. On Thursday, Aug.

For nearly a century, Los Angeles families flocked to the historic merry-go-round tucked into a corner of the city's biggest parkland. The carousel, built in 1926, was moved from San Diego to LA's ...

The Richland Carousel Park has been in downtown Mansfield since 1991. The business that hand-carved the figurines has shut down. The heart of Mansfield, in north-central Ohio, isn’t a city hall or a ...

In 103 years, not much has changed at Tilden Park's merry-go-round. Bejeweled horses still gallop under the lights, kids still race to grab the giant rooster, and you can still get a corn dog and soda ...

It's been nearly seven years since the Downtown at The Gardens wooden carousel opened. I asked my fellow WPTV personalities, Ashleigh Walters and Glenn Glazer, to join me as we checked out the history ...

The carousel, also known as a merry-go-round, is often the first ride children experience at an amusement park. Giggling from atop a (usually) horse, they may or may not go up and down, but they ...