A navy pilot in Washington state may be father of the year after he built a roller coaster in his backyard for his three-year-old son. Scott Brazelton was planning to build his son Wyatt a tree house ...

A 19-year-old engineering student has built a working roller-coaster in the backyard of his parents' home in Thornhill, Ont. Shortly after his Grade 10 year, David Chesney began tinkering around with ...

This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in ...

Honestly, we try and keep on the straight and narrow and write about the business of creating moving and still images most of the time, but sometimes we get distracted. And you have to admit a ...

Some people build swing sets for their grandkids but Michael Chorba of Columbia County, Pennsylvania, has taken that a step further. He's refurbished an old roller coaster on his property. However, ...

Most people would say that being a parent is like riding a roller coaster - there's the ups and downs and all-arounds. Well, for my dad, his roller coaster isn't a metaphor; it's a literal one. A ...

The vintage carousel, 105-foot waterslide and go-kart track on Michael Chorba’s property were all fine, but his new roller coaster runs afoul of his Pennsylvania community’s zoning laws. Chorba, 60, ...

COLUMBIA COUNTY, Pa. — Michael Chorba's backyard in Mount Pleasant Township looks like a small amusement park. Chorba has a small roller coaster, a carousel, a go-kart track, and even a slide from a ...

Join me as I test the world's most dangerous roller coasters, from backyard-built thrill rides to iconic yet terrifying attractions like Action Park's infamous Alpine Slide. In this adrenaline-fueled ...