But when the fair gates closed, Ferris became immersed in a tangle of wheel-related lawsuits about debts he owed suppliers and that the fair owed him. In 1896, bankrupt and suffering from typhoid ...

It isn't difficult to pick out the La Grande Wheel XL amid the glowing, rainbow-colored spectacle of the Arizona State Fair's midway ... biggest and best Ferris wheel in town.

But the massive Ferris wheel, one of the largest ever constructed in Japan, won't be going dark without a final showstopper. As a farewell, the amusement ride, known as “Palette Town ...