Crawling through the sky like a cloud snail, looking down on the milk chocolate Thames — it was the best 18 pounds, 90 pence I ever spent, but then I have always loved Ferris wheels. Opening in March ...

London celebrates with a resounding bang on New Year’s Eve, unleashing a torrent of fireworks from the top of the London Eye in the heart of the city. Now a modern icon of the British capital, the ...

LONDON--It was meant to be in place for just five years. But London’s giant Ferris wheel, raised with great fanfare to mark the millennium, has proved so popular that organizers have applied for ...

“I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.” ―E. B. White, The Points of My Compass I travel a great deal, and two cities that have become like second (and third) homes are ...

Ferris wheels have been popular since George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., a 33-year-old engineer, designed one for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. More than a century later, we still ...

The first World's Fair took place in 1851, called The Great Exhibition of 1851. This fair took place in London and was created by Prince Albert. The World’s Fair then became a tradition every few ...

Crawling through the sky like a cloud snail, looking down on the milk chocolate Thames — it was the best 18 pounds, 90 pence I ever spent, but then I have always loved Ferris wheels. Opening in March ...