In late 1890, Daniel Burnham, the eminent architect charged with turning a boggy square mile of Chicago into a world-dazzling ... he said. Ferris was hardly the first to imagine such a wheel.

Do you remember going to carnivals as a kid? You'd buy some sticky cotton candy; you'd win an ugly stuffed animal at the beanbag toss. And when night fell, you'd board the Ferris wheel for a ...

When George W. Ferris constructed the world's first Ferris wheel for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition held in Chicago, he started a trend (and in a sense, he also helped usher in the modern ...

Photo Provided The BIG wheel, a highlight of the 1892-93 World’s Fair and Exposition held at Chicago, was built by George Washington Gale Ferris — the first “ferris” wheel. At 266 feet ...

In 1903, Shirokiya in Tokyo (today Coredo Nihonbashi) established Japan’s first rooftop amusement ... Only one rooftop Ferris wheel in Tokyo is still in operation. The kawaii rainbow-colored ...