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 ...

It's the end of an era of coin-operated grocery store rides and one photographer documents the disappearance. Before And After: Arizona’s Disappearing Coin-Operated Rides It's the end of an era of ...

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 ...

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 ...

As I “leave” today, I’d like to give a shout out to some other great mat buddies, among the most successful operators in the ...

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-flesh—”coin-op” in ...

WEBVTT WAREHOUSE IN NORTHWEST BALTIMORETHESE ARE PICTURES OF THE STOLENA WHITE HORSE AND A HELICOPTERTHEY EACH WEIGH AROUND 400THAT IS WHY STEVE CANNING, WHO>> YOU HAVE TO BE A COLLECTOR TOIT’S NOT ...

Nervous parents may fret about dangerous-looking roller coasters with precipitous drops, or rusty Ferris wheels in traveling fairs, but it turns out that for young children, coin-operated rides in ...

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, ...

Roller-coasters, carnivals and kiddie rides may be a staple of summer fun, but a massive study of hospital injury records shows there’s a downside to the thrill: 4,400 kids a year who get hurt. Most ...

On December 11, 2025, in Mexico, @lesliee.wav shared a humorous video of a children’s toy ride mishap. In the video, Alan is seen riding a coin-operated Lightning McQueen ride. As he inserts a coin, ...