As kids we are mesmerized by the carousels at amusement parks -the music and the colors lured us in for a ride. The wooden world of Ken Means is made up of beautifully crafted and lifelike animals ...

An Oregon couple turns a hobby into a museum that preserves the lost art of the carousel. When Duane S. and Carol J. Perron got married 51 years ago, she told her new husband she wanted him to buy her ...

The Rocky Springs Carousel and the Euclid Beach Park Carousel in Cleveland, Ohio, have much in common. Both were created in the golden age of carousel art, were located in parks that closed, moved to ...

LANCASTER, Pa. — On Tuesday, members with the Rocky Springs Carousel Association officially unveiled its newest gallery at Steeple View Lofts in Lancaster. The gallery features parts of the historic ...

Horses lying on their sides all over the floor -- so close that walking between them was tricky. That was the image I saw earlier this week as the Midland Center for the Arts was setting up its ...

FRANKLIN, Tenn. (WTVF) — A new carousel at The Factory at Franklin will soon bring joy to families while supporting the local community, thanks to an artist who has spent nearly 30 years handcrafting ...

This video is no longer available. Thousands are expected at Glen Echo Park’s Carousel Day festival on Saturday. Not only is this opening day for the carousel, it’s a kind of homecoming. It’s the ...

One in a series of articles from the Erie Times-News commemorating Waldameer Park & Water World's 125th anniversary in 2021. When carousel animals created by some of the country's best carvers were ...

Bubba, Dapper, Ruth are thoroughbreds. Their gait, their jaunty look, their glossy coats of gray, brown and peach — courtesy of oil-based sign paint — would take the prize at any horse show. Bea, ...

Carousel figures, made mostly in the early 1900s, sell for high prices today. Carousels probably were first made in the 1700s to train spear-throwers, not as enjoyable rides for children. A horseback ...