America hosted the World's Fair of 1893 as a celebration of Columbus ... feature from afar was George Washington Gale Ferris's gigantic wheel ride -- the first Ferris wheel ever built.

The Midway Sky Eye, North America’s largest traveling Ferris wheel, debuted in Tampa and returns every February.

Photo Provided The BIG wheel, a highlight of the 1892-93 World’s Fair and Exposition held at Chicago, was built by George Washington Gale Ferris ... November 5, 1893. For rates of fare ...

The Ferris wheel debuted at at Chicago's 1893 Columbian Exposition. To outdo the Eiffel Tower, the landmark attraction at the previous World's Fair, designer George Ferris built a 250-foot ...