Arkansas

In the early days of mass automotive travel, fuel stations often resorted to some wacky gimmicks to differentiate themselves from the pack and lure in customers, such as novelty architecture that made the station building even more of a roadside attraction than the fuel they were selling. Today, many of these wacky 1930s-era stations are icons to thousands of visitors every year.

One of the most common subjects that readers post through our suggestion form is planes - whether in flight, parked at airports, or in pieces at crash sites. Here is a collection of some of the more interesting finds from…

Spend any time browsing Google Maps or Earth and you'll soon spot an airport - they're usually easy to spot thanks to their massive size. To save you some browsing time, we've put together a brand new list of 2011's…

Back in February, GSS presented the wildly popular Top 10 Rudest Place Names in Britain. Now, it's time for the American version! Take a deep breath, bring forth your sense of humor, and drum roll please... 10. Smackover, Arkansas: Claims…

"Flocking" is the term used to describe the collective motion of a number of creatures, and is best known as something that birds do together. So much so that the collective noun for birds is of course "flock". A group…

Disaster has struck at a house in the small town of Gibson, Arkansas, as a home is engulfed in flames. There are several fire engines on the scene, but it's probably too late to save the building since the flames…