Ferris wheels have been popular since George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., a 33-year-old engineer, designed one for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. More than a century later, we still ...

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LONDON - Wendy Glover was joking when she suggested to her afraid-of-heights fiance, Simon, that they say their vows on the London Eye, the landmark Ferris wheel across the River Thames from the ...