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Tuesday, 6th September 2011 by Chris Hannigan
Ever wonder how airline jets navigate the Earth from 30,000 feet on a cloudy day? The road maps provided by Google Maps wouldn’t be that relevant after all. The fact is most flights use radio navigation or GPS to find their way, and the radio navigation beacons they use are often visible in Google’s aerial and satellite imagery. There are many types of radio beacons that are still in use…
To mark Halloween this year, we’re visiting some unusual burial places. While it is common for cemeteries to have parking…
Ever wonder how airline jets navigate the Earth from 30,000 feet on a cloudy day? The road maps provided by…
Standing over the Will Rogers Turnpike outside of Vinita, Oklahoma we find a McDonald’s large enough to cross a four-lane…
Freemasonry is the world’s largest and oldest fraternity. It’s also sort of hard to define. It’s a fraternal organisation, but…
Wayne Coyne is the lead singer, songwriter and guitarist of rock outfit The Flaming Lips, and is known for his…
Back in February, GSS presented the wildly popular Top 10 Rudest Place Names in Britain. Now, it’s time for the…
For our first post of Desert Week 2011, we’re travelling to the Grand Erg Oriental, or ‘Great Eastern Sand Sea’…
As is customary, the “much-more-interesting-than-it-sounds” desert week is one week late again this year! However, our writers have been touring…
Check out all of these white cars parked on an airfield in Green Cove Springs, Florida! GSS reader Jon who…
Portmeirion is a small resort village in North Wales famous for its Italianate architecture, and for being the setting for…
Continuing our exploration of one of the world’s largest UNESCO World Heritage Sites, we’ll visit some of the structures built…
Portmeirion is a small resort village in North Wales famous for its Italianate architecture, and for being the setting for…
Continuing our exploration of one of the world’s largest UNESCO World Heritage Sites, we’ll visit some of the structures built…
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