When I was a kid in the play park I wanted to go higher, faster and farther than everyone else. Always pushing the swings that little bit harder, bouncing that little bit higher on the trampoline or ...

Remi Haynes, 3, rode a merry-go-round ride Oct. 7 during Family Night at the annual Livingston Parish Fair held on the ...

The city of Los Angeles got in touch with its inner child on Thursday, Aug. 21 when its Department of Recreation and Parks approved the purchase of a 99-year-old inoperative merry-go-round at a price ...

One day a third-grade boy rounded up some of us tender five-year-olds to sit on the bench, told us to “hang on tight, this will be fun!” and started running.

Maykel Paguay has spent years waiting to ride the carousel in Flushing Meadows Park. It’s not for lack of courage, he clarifies. He just wasn’t tall enough — but he’s over 42 inches now — an older, ...