I suspect that if you were to ask a random person when demolition derbies first started, most people would probably pause for a moment before asking you to drive them to the nearest library, where ...

AUSTIN, Texas — A craze swept America around the beginning of the 20th century: Inviting spectators to watch two steam locomotives running at high speeds crash into each other head-on. And it likely ...

Near the town of West, about a half-mile off busy Interstate 35, used to be the historical marker for “The Crash at Crush,” site of an intentionally staged catastrophe for public amusement and private ...