PHOTOS: Top faces of fear from Fear Factory haunted house

Every year around Halloween, Nightmares Fear Factory gets a lot of publicity from the pictures they take of their guests being scared… From KFOR channel 4 in Oklahoma City: A rather famous year-round haunted house in Niagara Falls, N.Y. called Nightmares Fear Factory sends out their “Faces of Fear” every year. Check out this year’s…

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Oct. 24, 1901: First barrel ride over Niagara Falls

From Yahoo! Malaysia News: Niagara Falls had been a tourist destination for decades before 1901, but it wasn’t until Oct. 24 of that year that the first person decided to ride a barrel over the falls. Former schoolteacher Annie Edson Taylor made the plunge on her 63rd birthday, hoping for fame and fortune. Taylor, whose…

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Fallsview announces February acts

From Niagara This Week: February may seem quite a ways off, but the Fallsview Casino has it top of mind with its announcement of headlining acts. Soul legend Billy Ocean on Feb. 7, 8 and a Valentine’s evening show with American singer/songwriter Michael Bolton are just two of the acts set to grace the stage…

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Falls tourists talk about being forced to change travel plans

From the Niagara Gazette: Many visitors to the Niagara Falls State Park Wednesday definitely had mixed emotions about their travel plans. They were thrilled to view the falls — even with a large section of the Prospect Point viewing area fenced off for remedial work— but disappointed that they would have to skip visits to…

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