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Wednesday, 24th January 2007 by Alex Turnbull
The state of Oregon has not just one, but two of the smallest municipal parks in the whole world. The first, Waldo Park in Salem, is only 3.6 by 6 metres and only contains a plaque, and a giant sequoia. Yes, one of the world’s smallest parks contains an example of the largest type of tree on the face of the planet. Mill Ends Park in nearby Portland is contained…
Check out all of these white cars parked on an airfield in Green Cove Springs, Florida! GSS reader Jon who…
It’s not uncommon to stumble across some interesting sights and shapes when you browse through Google Maps, but there’s something…
It’s Volcano Week 4 here at GSS. Volcanoes, about a week. You know the drill! Newberry Volcano is an immense…
Prefontaine, lovingly referred to as Pre by those that knew him and us that admire his abilities, so enamored the sports world that there are many places that bare his name in memorial. Here are just a few of the memorial locations setup in and around the state of Oregon.
Following the example of Alex’s Rudest Place Names post, I hereby present my top ten confusing place names. For each…
Avast Ye! ‘Tis only turned ou’ t’ be International Talk Like a Pirate Day again! Arr! We got a bucketload…
The Futuro House is a round, prefabricated house that was designed by Finnish architect Matti Suuronen in 1968. About 100…
The largest city on the planet that wasn’t in existence at the beginning of the 20th century, the city of…
Google has today launched brand new Street View imagery for Norway, Finland and large parts of Canada. But it’s in…
Here in the United States somewhere (we think, we haven’t checked), we’ve found this random patch of land that we…
The continuing rollout of 45° “birds eye view” images across the globe1 has now revealed a real-life tragedy. On the…
In a country renowned for its natural beauty, one of the most spectacular landscapes is found along the Trollstigen (Troll’s…
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