Water slides are supposed to be fun, right? Well, yes, but some rides around the world offer extreme thrills more reminiscent of roller coasters than any trip to the local pool. We've rounded up what, ...

If you're planning on taking a summer vacation to the Dells, you'll have a new attraction to try out — the Rise of Icarus at Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park, which the Wisconsin Dells theme park says ...

The Wisconsin Dells will soon be home to the tallest water slide in the country.Mt. Olympus Resorts posted renderings Wednesday of "Icarus."The 145-foot tall slide is part of an $8 million expansion ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) --With nearly half of its season already in the books, a water park in Kansas has been forced to delay the opening of the world's tallest water slide for the third time and ...

The tallest waterslide in the country is now open in Wisconsin. "The Rise of Icarus" debuted over the Memorial Day weekend at Mount Olympus Water and Theme Park at the Wisconsin Dells.It has five ...

It's like sliding off the top of a 15-story building on nothing more than an air mattress. That's the experience promised by the Verrückt, the attraction called the world's tallest water slide by the ...

Get ready to ride. Verrückt, the world's tallest water slide, is finally opening on Thursday at Schlitterbahn Kansas City Waterpark. The 17-story, 168-foot-tall ride in Kansas City, Kansas, was ...

A Kansas water park and the world's tallest water slide remained closed Monday while authorities investigated the death of the 10-year-old son of a state lawmaker on "Elected Officials Day." Caleb ...