In 1887, a French entrepreneur, Joseph Oller, the owner of the Moulin Rouge music hall, built Les Montagnes Russes à Belleville (The Russian Mountains of Belleville) a permanent roller …

The first roller coaster was invented in Russia. Roller coasters have their origins in a form of ice sledding that became popular in Russia in the 15th century. An adaptation opened in 1784 in …

Nov 24, 2009 · On June 16, 1884, the first roller coaster in America opens at Coney Island, in Brooklyn, New York. Known as a switchback railway, it was the brainchild of LaMarcus …

LaMarcus A. Thompson constructed the first roller coaster, the primitive Gravity Switchback Railway. The ride was an instant success, drawing long lines of eager riders and yielding …

Dec 10, 2025 · Around 1812 "Les Montagnes Russes à Belleville" is said to have been built in Paris, perhaps the first roller coaster in the world. Later the "Promenades Aériennes" in the …

Oct 8, 2024 · The first steel roller coaster was the Matterhorn Bobsleds, built at Disneyland in 1959. Designed by Arrow Development, this ride featured a tubular steel track, allowing for a …

Outer Limits, Flight of Fear, the world's first roller coasters to use a magnetic propulsion system (LIMs) to launch the trains open at Paramount's Kings Island and Paramount's Kings Dominion.

Dec 7, 2014 · Some historians say the first real roller coaster was built under the orders of James the 3rd. The roller coaster was built in the Gardens of Oreinbaum in St. Petersburg in the year …

In 1872, Baltimore native J.G. Taylor submitted what may have been the first patent for a roller coaster, although he referred it somewhat modestly as an "Improvement in Inclined Railways."

The Roller Coaster DataBase estimates there are approximately 6,000 extant roller coasters as of October 2025. [5] The earliest progenitors to the modern roller coasters were the "Russian …