Staff Writer Roller-coaster enthusiasts will have an extra bounce in their steps these days. Valleyfair has announced it will build a $6.5 million wooden roller-coaster for the 2007 ...

Despite not opening for several hours, Valleyfair is bustling with activity. Pickup trucks and golf carts zip through the park carrying maintenance workers and groundskeepers. Workers are watering ...

Spotify It was once Minnesota’s Coney Island. A century ago this May, a wooden roller coaster began rumbling high above Lake Minnetonka as Excelsior Amusement Park was born. From that opening 1925 ...