The Most Thrilling & Iconic Theme Park Rides in North America

Lightning Rod

Lightning Rod is a wooden coaster at Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. When it opened it was marked as the world’s first launched wooden roller coaster.

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The More You Know

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  • A U.S. park ranger named Roy C. Sullivan held the record for being struck by lightning the most times, having been struck — and surviving — seven times between 1942 and 1977.
  • Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd dusted off their Ghostbusters costumes to visit a terminally ill child who was a fan of the film and wanted to meet them.
  • All the Professors in Pokemon have been named after trees.
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