U.S. States

Driving along the isolated Highway 90 in Texas, you may be hoping to find somewhere to buy water, food, or perhaps petrol for your car. And look! There on the horizon, a fast approaching convenience of some kind! However, undoubtedly…

Unless you've been living on the, er, Moon, you can hardly have failed to notice that today1 marks the 40th anniversary of the historic landing of the Apollo 11 mission – during which, Neil Armstrong became the first human being…

This rather innocuous-looking bridge over the River Thames is the latest in a long line of bridges to stand on this spot and lay claim to the name London Bridge. This current bridge opened in 1973, but a bridge has…

Picher, Oklahoma is a small town in north-eastern Oklahoma near the Kansas-Missouri border. It was once a major hub for heavy metals extraction, boasting some of the most productive lead mines in the world. By the early 1970s however, all…

"Best" is a subjective word at, err... best. What one person or group values as the "top" will never be the same for everyone – still, when you're looking for something and you want the "best", it's always nice when…

As we're sure you'll have heard by now, Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, has died in Los Angeles. We first posted Neverland Ranch to the site back in April 2005, but at the time Jackson was in the news…