Many U.S. presidents grew up on a farm.  However, their duties as chief executive often took them away from rural life for months or years. …

He is one of the greatest Indian chiefs ever to lead his tribes in peace and battle.  Ironically, two different towns claim his burial spot…..

This hamburger shop has been around longer that just about everyone living in Brookings, South Dakota.  When you’ve been in business over eight decades, you…

Just about every town has a namesake.  Perhaps it’s a president, general or early settler whose name was chosen to identify the place.  Brookings, South Dakota…

After a failed bank robbery attempt in Northfield, Minnesota, the James gang headed west toward the Dakota Territory.  Near what is today’s border between South…

Long before Europeans ever discovered this deep ravine, native Americans had been coming here.  It was a sacred place they associated with their brave warriors. …

Hayden Whittington began driving to Luckenbach, Texas before most people had ever heard of it.  He remembers the days when you might be the only…

This town has been on the map since the 1840s.  Yet many would tell you no one every came looking for it until 1977.  That’s…

In the hill country surrounding Fredericksburg, Texas, there are many communities settled by German immigrants.  They became place to get supplies, sell farm goods and…

Next to Delilah’s shearing of strongman Samson, it’s perhaps the most famous haircut in history.  Many young ladies wondered if Elvis would lose his musical…