PIGEON FORGE (WATE) – Wes Ramey with Dollywood confirms the Lightning Rod is out of technical ride rehearsal and in normal operating mode. The ride fully opened on Friday. The Lightning Rod has run ...

The $22-million Lightning Rod coming to Tennessee’s Dollywood in 2016 adds another twist to the collection of breathtaking rides from Rocky Mountain Construction with the world’s first launched wooden ...

Lightning rods have been used to guide lightning strikes for centuries, but now scientists have demonstrated something a bit more advanced than a humble metal stick. Beaming a high-powered laser into ...

In May, 10News verified that the "Lightning Rod", the world's fastest wooden roller coaster at Dollywood, is open more than it's down. The ride had its problems in 2016 but new numbers show the ride ...

Benjamin Franklin is credited with inventing the lightning rod, and for some 270 years it has remained the main tool for protecting buildings from destructive and potentially deadly thunderbolts. But ...

After being hailed as the world's fastest wooden roller coaster at its grand opening just last week, Dollywood's "Lightning Rod" was brought to an abrupt stop this weekend. The Pigeon Forge amusement ...

The Lightning Rod concept has finally returned home. Ken Yanez let the hot rod red 2001 Ford F-150 concept vehicle slip away when he attended the Barrett Jackson auction in Scottsdale, Arizona in ...

Those long hours turned him into an unlikely figure in American folklore because he survived something few people encounter ...