IOWA CITY — With a bachelor’s degree in art history, Annie Fitzgerald was trained in restoring art pieces for museums and galleries. The work needed patience and attention to detail as she conserved ...

[Quinn Dunki] has come to realize the pinball machines of her youth aren’t the lame games she remembered. They’re actually quite marvelous in terms of electronics, mechanics, engineering and the all ...

Pinball machines are a study in distraction, throwing up bright bells and whistles in order to distract the player from where their ball's location. But behind the sights and sounds, simple mechanics ...

Paul Hodges, owner of Paul’s Pinball Palace in Newport, cleans and adjusts switches on a 1970s electomechanical pinball machine. Hodges has restored hundreds of pinball machines for clients from all ...

In the lower level of Ron Barbagallo’s Smithtown home, a quick flip of a light switch powers on more than 25 pinball machines in a high-ceilinged showroom. Godzilla, Austin Powers, Star Trek, Elvis ...