George Washington Gale Ferris built it to rival the Eiffel Tower which ... them large and small, as singer Joni Mitchell put into her lyrics: “Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels,” she sang ...

It feels more like one, too: The wheel's capsules are enclosed, but they're very small. Of course, Daikanransha is no ordinary Ferris wheel ... Rainbow Bridge to Tokyo Tower.

Invented in 1893 for the World Exposition in Chicago, the Ferris Wheel was meant to out "Eiffel" the Eiffel Tower. The Ferris Wheel Phenomenon swept through the nation with four more Ferris Wheels ...