This column on the art of the carousel is in response to readers who asked how volunteers actually carved the horses on the Berkshire Carousel. Figure carving for carousels became a lost art in 1930.

The other day, Linda Allen had the relieved look of someone whose true love was getting sprung out of jail. "I might get emotional talking about this," she said outside a row of storage units in a ...

Step right up onto the platform and into the crowd of candy-painted ponies. Jump on the rampant horse with wild eyes, hold on tight and soar with the calliope's unchained jangle through a dreamland ...