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

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

The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. When Gary Mandarino got an urgent order for a refurbished 30-year-old carousel—4 feet in diameter and 7 feet ...

A herd of vintage, coin-operated horses has been released into the southern Alberta landscape. The kiddie rides, which stood outside Woolworths, Woodward's, Kresge's and Kmart between the 1950s and ...

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 ...

Richard Alcala looks over his pair of 1950s mechanical pony rides every day before opening Alcala’s Western Wear on Chicago Avenue. They’re the coin-operated variety of horse-fl esh–“coin-op” in ...