On a Hot Summer day, there may be no better place on earth than a traditional amusement park. A place where you can hop on a classic wooden coaster, reach for the ring as you whirl by on the merry-go-round, or cool down on the Caterpillar. In this documentary, you get to visit some of America's most charming parks from Lake Compounce in Connecticut to Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk in California. You get to gallop on the Derby Racer at Playland, go with the flow on the Boat Chute at Lake Winnepesaukah, and rock on Deno's Wonder Wheel at Coney Island. And of course there are coasters, including the Thunderbolt at Kennywood, the Cyclone at Astroland, the Raven at Holiday World, and San Diego's Giant Dipper!

Everybody loves ice cream. It’s cool, sweet and delicious. It’s also the tantalizing topic of this h...

This documentary from PBS travels throughout America in search of the best breakfast places the coun...

Looking in other people’s houses can be fun. And in southwestern Pennsylvania, it doesn’t matter if ...

The Lincoln Highway was established in 1913 as America’s first coast-to-coast paved highway. It conn...

For over 85 years, steamship Ste. Claire transported generations of Detroiters to Boblo Island, an a...

Before there was Disneyland, there was Coney Island. By the turn of the century, this tiny piece of...

A Flea Market Documentary is a new PBS special and an all-American celebration of open-air shopping ...

It’s roller coasters! French fries! And lots of good times! It’s a high-flying, double dipped, scree...

A summer on an island of leisure in the Paris region. Land of Adventures, dredge and transgression f...

What made more money than the entire American movie industry through the 50s and 60s? Pinball. Speci...

Enjoy an all-American celebration of what may be the country's most popular fast food. From Connecti...

Maybe it's Pittsburgh's chipped-beef "Slammer" you're craving. Or Iowa's Maid Rite "loosemeat"? Loui...

Amina, Sami and Jennyfer are high school students in the Paris suburbs, in 93. At the initiative of...

A fun, nostalgic look at the rich history of Lagoon Amusement Park, which has enchanted visitors for...

A documentary profiling cemeteries and cemetery-related businesses and events across the United Stat...

The story of Six Flags New Orleans, a theme park devastated by Hurricane Katrina that has become a h...

This documentary explores the wonders of downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Rick Sebak narrates whil...

In this sequel to his 1992 documentary Downtown Pittsburgh, Rick Sebak takes viewers on a tour of a ...

People love going to the beach for lots of different reasons. The sun. The sand. The salt-water taff...

Remember when Forbes Field was the world’s greatest ballpark? When the Dips roller coaster at West V...