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Flying Turns: The World’s Only Wooden Bobsled Coaster

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/ September 7, 2026

Flying Turns at Knoebels Amusement Resort in Elysburg, Pennsylvania is the only wooden bobsled roller coaster operating anywhere in the world today. Unlike a conventional coaster, its cars run without a fixed rail through smooth, banked wooden troughs, relying purely on gravity and momentum to

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Whizzer: The Last Schwarzkopf Speedracer Still Spinning

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/ September 6, 2026

Whizzer is a steel roller coaster at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois, that has been spinning riders through its signature loop-de-loop layout since May 29, 1976. Built by German manufacturer Anton Schwarzkopf and designed by Werner Stengel’s firm, it opened as “Willard’s Whizzer,”

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Black Cat: Washington DC’s Legendary Indie Rock Club

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/ September 5, 2026

The Black Cat is an independent music club in the Shaw/U Street neighborhood of Washington, DC, founded by former Gray Matter drummer Dante Ferrando along with a group of investors that included Nirvana drummer and future Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl. The club opened its

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The 25 Newest Roller Coasters of the 2020s

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/ September 5, 2026

This list ranks the 25 newest roller coasters to debut in the 2020s, ordered strictly by opening year, most recent first. It spans a spinning farm-themed family ride in the English countryside and a record-setting megacoaster in Saudi Arabia, and every entry here is currently

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Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán Stadium: Tickets, Tours & History

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/ September 4, 2026

The Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán Stadium has stood in the Nervión district of Seville, Spain, since it opened on September 7, 1958, giving Sevilla FC one of the oldest continuously used top-flight grounds in the country. Named after a former club president who helped secure the land

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Union Transfer Philadelphia: Tickets, Parking & Bag Policy

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/ September 4, 2026

Union Transfer is a 1,200-capacity concert hall inside a restored 1889 building at 1026 Spring Garden Street in Philadelphia’s Callowhill neighborhood, run jointly by The Bowery Presents (part of AEG Presents) and local promoter R5 Productions since it opened on September 21, 2011. Beyond the

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