4. The Cyclone is the Twelfth Oldest Rollercoaster in the Country.

 Luna Park and Surf Avenue in 1912. Image via Wikimedia Commons

The ancestry of the concept of the roller coaster has always had a long past as it winds all the way back to connections to 17th century Russian ice slides. However, it wasn’t until the 1920s that roller coasters and amusements really started to flourish. Of the hundreds of coasters that were built during the early twentieth century, only a handful still continue to run.

The oldest coaster, called Leap the Digs located at Lakemont Park in Altoona, Pennsylvania, was built in 1902 (though it only drops 9 feet and goes 10 miles per hour). Then coming in at number 12, is New York’s very own Coney Island Cyclone. The coasters in the no. 10 and no 9 spots were also built in 1927, edging out the Cyclone by just a handful of months.