Posted in American Countryside Illinois

Cave In Rock

It was a dangerous portion of the Ohio River – not because of the current, but because of who might be waiting inside a cave. …

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Posted in American Countryside Oklahoma

The Cattlemen’s Steakhouse

You might go to a fancy clothing store to get measured for a suit.  But where do you go to measure your horse?  It still…

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Posted in American Countryside Oklahoma

Beer for Breakfast

Why are nurses on the night shift eating breakfast in the Oklahoma City Stockyards?  In a moment we’ll take you to a place popular for…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

Karlock’s Kars & Pop Culture Museum

Inside a building once used as a produce house way back in 1860, you’ll find a most interesting museum of sorts just a couple of…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

The Pandemics of the 1800s

When the Mark Twain boyhood home was working on some new exhibits over a year ago, they thought they were telling a story from the…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

Mark Twain’s Hannibal

The events we experience as a child can have a big impact on our future.  That was the case for Sam – so much so…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

The Famous Man Above the Drug Store

The second story of an old drug store may not seem to be a place of historical significance, and in many ways perhaps it wasn’t…

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Posted in American Countryside Oklahoma

The $175,000 Banjo

When I was in fifth grade I wanted to play the trumpet.  My parents scratched together $300 for a used trumpet…the one I still play…

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Posted in American Countryside Oklahoma

Dueling Banjos

You’ve heard of dueling banjos…now multiply it times several hundred.  It’s a unique convention of sights and sounds that entertains folks from coast to coast…

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Posted in American Countryside Illinois

The Monopoly Patent

Charles Darrow had a great new board game he sold to Parker Brothers – Monopoly.  The only problem was, Charles didn’t invent the game.  Rather…

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