This column on the art of the carousel is in response to readers who asked how volunteers actually carved the horses on the Berkshire Carousel. Figure carving for carousels became a lost art in 1930.

Just last month, the Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the Forest Park Carousel a landmark, protecting it for future generations of children and adults to enjoy. Although the carousel was ...

My earlier columns discussed the history and art of carousels and the process involved in creating figures. This third and final article covers the remaining art of the carousel. Also, at the request ...

Following Walt Disney – A Magical Life at Disneyland, Walt Disney is getting another Audio-Animatronics figure at Disney World’s Carousel of Progress at Magic Kingdom. The big news was revealed during ...

WASHINGTON – On a humid Saturday afternoon in the shadow of the Washington National Cathedral, Esme Ohlsen sat atop a colorful wooden horse and waved to her mother and grandmother as she and a dozen ...

The nonprofit Richland Carrousel Park is asking for the community's financial support to maintain the aging carousel, which is celebrating 34 years of operation in August. The downtown icon is ...

PETA, the animal rights organization based in Norfolk, appealed to a Kansas-based manufacturer of carousels and other amusement park rides to stop using images of animals in its designs. The ...