Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Construction of the $71-million Mighty Argo Cable Car gondola in Idaho Springs took a major step forward Thursday with the installation of 10 support towers ...

After finishing dinner at a lovely Russian Hill restaurant called Collina on a recent summer evening, a reporter and her friend decided to hop on the Powell-Hyde cable car at the corner of Pacific ...

Scroll through the slideshow above to see photos of cable car crashes from the past. Millions of visitors over the years have taken a ride on San Francisco's moving landmark: its beloved cable cars.

The country is in the middle of a cable-car bonanza, much of it driven by the over-the-top developments of the Sun Group, which feature giant Buddhas, ersatz European enclaves and selfie spots galore.