Bringing you the best from across the American Countryside.
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The shots at Ft. Sumter in April of 1861 are often considered the first military action of the Civil War. However, one could make a case that the battle in this Kansas town five years prior was the event that made the war inevitable…
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In the years just ahead of the Civil War, thousands of people came to Kansas ahead of a critical vote on whether the new state would accept or reject slavery…
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This fort serviced the Pony Express, the Oregon Trail, and was around so long it even slept travelers by car. It’s a big history in a place with a lot of stories to share…
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You usually don’t think of a fort coming under new ownership. But that’s what happened to this site that bears the name of a frontier legend…
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He was one of the best known mountain men of the early 19th century. A man who was skilled in the fur trade and later established a fort that still bears his name…
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Image a man who speaks over ten languages, can play multiple musical instruments and serenade customers with his wonderful voice. Today we remember the life of a friend of northwest Missouri – Fred Mares, who passed away a few days ago….
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Ed Martin Jr. has helped bury dogs, cats, birds, guinea pigs and he’s even heard of a lion cub on the grounds. It’s just part of the day-to-day life of the overseer of the world’s oldest pet burying ground.
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Dan Meers has nearly a dozen suits he wears to work. The odd thing is, all the suites are alike. It’s an odd suit for a very unique job…
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What’s the first thing a father teaches his son about being a good businessman? How to make donuts of course! It’s one of the most important jobs around here and 20,000 people per day may show up…
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Lots of people enjoy pure maple syrup. But if you ask this farmer what he thinks of it, well you’ll quickly find that he doesn’t think it is even close to the right type of syrup you need for breakfast…
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When two different cities, in two different states claim to have the body of the same man, well, you know there’s going to be a tale to tell. We won’t tell you which place has the story right, but we will share the story nonetheless…
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If Santa Claus needed a place to buy all of his decorations, this would be it. It’s big business in small town Michigan and it brings Christmas cheer every day of the year…
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We know the words of “’twas the night before Christmas;” words that helped solidify the image of Santa over 200 years ago. Here’s the the place that marks the beginning of their story…
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The Union army was defeated at Fredricksburg, Virginia in mid December 1862. President Lincoln needed a victory to bolster the north and the Emancipation Proclamation that came into effect on January 1st. What resulted was a winter battle here…
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Perhaps we’ve seen a dinosaur skeleton on display at a museum. This stretch of land in eastern Utah might well be the closest thing to seeing such a exhibit in real life. It’s called Dinosaur National Monument…
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We’ve all lost something and then spent lots of time looking where we placed it. You could say that was somewhat the case for this National Monument. An archaeologist knew the bones were here…it just took a long time to figure out exactly where they were…
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Criminals may do just about anything to get their hands on what they want. But in western Kansas in 1879, one cattleman was duped by a scheme far different that anything anyone has ever seen–before or since…
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He was one of the youngest men to the sign the Declaration of Independence. He was also the first to die from natural causes after the new nation was born…
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When you think of the men behind the Declaration of Indpendence you don’t think of people like Thomas Stone. However, one could argue it is men like Stone who made up the majority of the 56 men to sign the document…
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It’s not the Hard Rock Café…and frankly…that is just fine with about everyone that stops here. It’s been called the Rock Café since it was built in the depression…rock, not because of the music, but because of the material used to build it…
