Throughout the mid-to-late 20th century, a trip to the grocery store — or supermarket, depending on your vernacular — was a very different experience than today. Parents almost always dragged their ...

There was a time when outside many American storefronts, 25 cents could buy a child a two-minute ride on a stallion, an Indy racecar, or a giant rabbit. Though most did nothing more than jerk back and ...

Many folks have fond childhood memories of sitting astride coin-operated kiddie rides at their local grocery store. The amusements ranged in design from mechanical horses and other animals to vehicles ...

A wistful trip back in time costs only a quarter in Rehoboth Beach. Consider it the deal of the century. Drop a coin into a metal slot at the Funland and saddle up Champion, a vintage, coin-operated ...

The vintage kiddie coin-operated ride, Champion, the Wonder Horse, at Funland in Rehoboth Beach goes back to the 1950s. It only costs a quarter. Patricia TaloricoPatricia Talorico, Delaware News ...

The fastest coin-operated ride is PAT 1, a "Postman Pat" van which achieved a speed of 163.12 km/h (101.36 mi/h) whilst driven by Ben Rushforth (UK) at York Raceway, East Yorkshire, UK, on 5 May 2013.