Category: Wisconsin
School Lunches Take the Ferry
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/10/12Oct22-Apostle-Islands-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)School lunches can be an important part of some kids’ days. In this district, those meals are so important, they…
Taking the Ice Road
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/10/11Oct22-Apostle-Islands-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some places are hard to reach. You might need a car, boat or plane to get there. Depending on the…
Madeline Island
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/10/10Oct22-Apostle-Islands-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)At the northern tip of the state of Wisconsin you’ll find the Apostle Islands. The scenic spot includes several islands…
The Portage at Portage
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/01/29Jan21-Portage-at-Portage.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It is still revered as one of the most difficult canal building projects ever undertaken–a project to tame a rapidly…
The Lights That Turned Night to Day
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/12/07Jan21-Hearthstone-Mansion.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Reports say the lights in this home made it seem like night had turned to day. In fact, the lights…
A Place Called Taliesan
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/10/23Oct20-Frank-Lloyd-Wright-Taliesan-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Ask an American who is the most famous architect in their country’s history and this man’s name is probably at…
The Most Famous Architect in the US
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/10/22Oct20-Frank-Lloyd-Wright-Taliesan-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Most people know him as a famous architect. They don’t realize his early years and perhaps the inspiration for his…
A Museum Dedicated to the Circus
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/10/27Oct17-Circus-Museum.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It all began with Albert, Otto, Alfred, Charles, and John. Without their last names, those first names might not mean…
Dancing With a Spring In Your Step
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/10/21Oct14-Wausau-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Most people like to work in buildings that have a solid floor underneath them. The fact that this place has a…
An Important Product to Keep the Economy Afloat
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/10/20Oct14-Wausau-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This city had one important product that kept its economy afloat. That’s because the product, actually floated. Sound confusing? We’ll unravel…
Sly As A Fox
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/09/13Oct14-Fromm-Fur-Farm-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The Fromm Brothers might be said to have been as “sly as a fox.” That’s because their business plan led them…
The Center of the Hemisphere
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/24Jun14-Center-of-the-Hemisphere.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Head west on highway 29 from Wausau, Wisconsin, then turned north, back west, then back north…and then, find yourself next to…
A Recognizable Last Name
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/23Jun14-Circus-Museum.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It all began with Albert, Otto, Alfred, Charles, and John. Without their last names, those first names might not mean…
A Recognizable Railroad Depot
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/11Jun14-Wausau-Insurance.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)There’s a good chance you’ve never been to this railroad depot. However, if you’re over forty years old, there’s a…
Graffiti on a Ship
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/10Jun14-Wausau-Vietnam-Exhibit-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Most people consider graffiti a visual nuisance, something to be removed and forgotten. The type of graffiti on this ship…
Inside the General Nelson M Walker
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/09Jun14-Wausau-Vietnam-Exhibit-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)In the 1960s, ships like the General Nelson M Walker took thousands of men across the Pacific to the war…
Seven Great FREE Places to Visit with the Family this Summer
Here are seven places my family and I have discovered in the American Countryside listening area that are not only fun to visit, but also…
Trying to Hold Harry Houdini
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/Harry-Houdini-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)They threw him in jail cells, put him in straight jackets, handcuffed him underwater, suspended him in the air from…
Harry Houdini
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/Harry-Houdini-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)When you mention the name Harry Houdini, you, of course, recall him for his famous card tricks. Probably not. However,…
Lindberger Cheese
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/09/Lindberger-Cheese-2011.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)It’s a story that radio can not do justice. Not because you need to see it, but because you need…
