Arkansas

Marriage is proposed in every way—and place—imaginable. Some proposals are sweet and subtle, while others are elaborate and extravagant.

Steve Arnold, 40, drives across a farm field near Haviland, Kan. (pop. 612), listening intently to the hum from the home-built metal detector pulled behind his all-terrain vehicle.

immie Jackson, 71, settles into the chair at Gino’s Barber Shop in Jackson, Calif., and doesn’t say a word about the haircut he wants. After all, he’s been coming to Gino’s since Harry S. Truman was president.

When American Profile posed this question to readers, responses brimming with passion and pride poured in from across the nation.

After the rice fields are harvested and millions of ducks begin their annual migration south along the Mississippi River flyway, John Stephens can be found sitting in a camouflaged blind

Just as we featured look-alike mothers and daughters in our Mother's Day edition, American Profile celebrates Father's Day with photos sent in from fathers and sons with uncanny resemblances.

Grassroots leaders like teenage mayor Michael Sessions are making their communities better

Readers explain why their grandparents are great

Former athlete Whitey Smith's greatest triumphs have been off the field.

Patch and Stormy stroll down a long, dirt path on an early spring afternoon. Charles Oates is in no hurry as he sits atop the wagon pulled by his longhorn oxen—which march in perfect rhythm.

Stroll downtown in Mountain View, Ark., any day of the week and you’re likely to hear live music floating in the fresh Ozark air.