On a recent Sunday afternoon in my neighborhood in Queens, I stopped to watch a mother, father, and their young child. The parents, in church suits with the mildly stoned look of the truly exhausted, ...

Back in the day, coin-operated rides were all the rage at the local grocery store, but they've since disappeared completely. Here's why.

Once a staple of grocery stores and malls, coin-operated kiddie rides have slowly disappeared due to safety concerns, ...

GLADEWATER, TX (KLTV) - You just don't see them much anymore. They've nearly gone the way of the tube TV or 8-track tape: Kiddie rides. You know, the horse or car rides you put a quarter in to shake ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- For many Staten Islanders in their 40s, 50s, 60s, and older, good times at the South Beach Amusement Park -- technically "Beachland Amusements" -- are woven into their childhood ...