The roller coaster has its origins in St. Petersburg, Russia, as a simple slide that took thrillseekers down an icy ramp past a variety of colored lanterns. Catherine the Great gave this custom a ...
“The roller skating boom is ‘busted,’” declared The Pantagraph that month. Pieces From Our Past is a weekly column by the McLean County Museum of History. Bill Kemp is the librarian at the ...
From its origins—roller-skate wheels attached to a wooden board—the skateboard has given rise to ... The Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center explored skate culture’s creative spirit and history of ...
transporting visitors back to the golden era of roller skating in the 90s. This initiative celebrates community history, providing a space for families… ...
hosted skating until its final closure in 2017 Rolling at the Tower Ballroom aims to create a community documentary about the history of roller-skating in Birmingham, which started in 1871 with ...