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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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