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It was a meeting place, a point were Lewis and Clark twice stopped during very important points in their journey…
The Lolo Trail
June 20, 2018 by Leave a Comment
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It was the most difficult climb in their journey west–the Rocky mountains of Montana and Idaho. We hit the Lolo trail…
Alibates Flint
June 14, 2018 by Leave a Comment
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It’s called Alibates flint…and this spot in the panhandle of Texas is the only place in the world where you can find it. Not only was it valuable as a tool, but it was so important that it was even used as currency in a sense…
One of the First Oil Boom Towns
June 13, 2018 by Leave a Comment
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In a moment we head to oil country in the U.S…but this isn’t a trip to Oklahoma, Texas or even Alaska…but a journey rather to one of the first oil boom towns in the country…
Springing Up a State Capital Overnight
June 7, 2018 by
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If a city grows quickly, we might say it sprang up overnight. This state capital literally sprang into existence in just one night…
Running to Get a Deal
June 6, 2018 by
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If you found a great deal on a house of a piece of land, we might say that we ran to get the deal. In 1889, thousands literally ran to get a deal…
A Museum for Things Left Behind
May 28, 2018 by
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It’s a simple memorial. 140 black granite panels containing over 58,000 names. A simple memorial with deep meaning. A place where people come to reflect and a place where people often leave things behind…
Where Thousands Come to Pay Respect
May 25, 2018 by
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This Washington D.C. memorial is just a kid when compared to monuments to Washington, Lincoln and Jefferson that are nearby. But in it’s short life, this has become a place where thousand come to pay respects and remember the price of freedom…
Not “Just” a Wall
May 24, 2018 by
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A few years ago I sat on a park bench and visited with a man about a wall he helped build. This isn’t any ordinary man and this is far from “just” a wall..
Leaving Your Hospital Bed to Fight
May 23, 2018 by
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By 1864 the situation the situation in Macon, Georgia was so dire that men in the hospital were asked to leave their beds and defend the city. The marks of that battle can still be seen on some of the buildings here…
The Cannonball House
May 22, 2018 by
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The city of Macon, Georgia is still a place where you can find elegant plantation mansions…homes of some of the wealthiest southerners built in the years before the Civil War. There’s one nicknamed the Cannonball House…
The Importance of a Cesium Atom
May 21, 2018 by
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If I said I’d be back in a second…I’d literally be back in 9,192, 631,770 cycles of a cesium atom. Why is that important…well, the cycles of that cesium atom have a lot more to do with life that you ever imagined…
Measuring Time
May 18, 2018 by
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For most of human history…the movement of the sun, moon and planets has been used to measure time. But even the ancients knew that the rotating earth was not 100 percent accurate. That’s where Tom O’Brien comes in…
The Most Accurate Clock on Earth
May 17, 2018 by
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It’s the most accurate clock on earth…and it doesn’t even have hands to tell the time. It’s an unusual but very important clock…
Drawing Birds
May 10, 2018 by
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Frankly, he had the makings of a man who would squander his family’s money and accomplish little in life. But his passion for walking the forest and drawing the birds he saw would make him a well-known name in America…
The Homestead of Lawrence Welk
May 9, 2018 by
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His music entertained millions of listeners both over the radio and later via TV. Today we head to his homestead on the plains of North Dakota…
Man’s Best Friend
May 3, 2018 by
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We’ve all heard of man’s best friend…but it was this dog that probably gave us the phrase so common today. We’ll go to a county courthouse where a dog, his owner and a famous lawyer made history…
A Famous Canine
May 2, 2018 by
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In the courthouse square in Warrensburg, Missouri you will find a statue in tribute to a dog named Old Drum. He’s one famous canine who had a case go all the way to the state supreme court…
Defending the Fertile Farm Valley of Virginia
May 1, 2018 by
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There was nothing left to do. A group of 15-21 year old students would be forced into battle if there was any hope of defending this fertile farm valley in Virginia. What resulted is an event still commemorated annually…
A Clash Over the Nation’s Breadbasket
April 30, 2018 by
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Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley is one of the most scenic farming regions in the world. The fertile valley is flanked by tree-lined ridges nears the states border with West Virginia. It’s also the place where northern and southern soldiers clashed over control of what was then the nation’s breadbasket…
