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Best of 2023: North Carolina Nuclear Bomb Farm

It’s the Best of 2023 with The American Countryside! Brent Tyndall has people pulling in his driveway just about every weekend.  They are looking for…

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Best of 2023: The Midwest Dream Car Museum

It’s the Best of 2023 with The American Countryside! If you’ve ever seen one of the movies in the Back to the Future series, you…

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Best of 2023: Cole Younger

It’s the Best of 2023 with The American Countryside! When you hear the name Cole Younger, you probably think of an outlaw holding up banks…

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Best of 2023: Al’s Oasis

It’s the best of 2023 with a The American Countryside! If you’ve driven across interstate 90 in South Dakota you know you’ll see plenty of…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

Christmas City, USA

At Christmas we may sing, “The First Noel.”  In the United States, this is the “Only Noel.”  Confused?  Join me on a trip to Christmas…

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Posted in American Countryside New York

Twas the Night Before Christmas

Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house…they’re words we know well…and words that launched Santa’s image about two centuries ago…

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Posted in American Countryside Iowa

Christmas Lights and Cookies

Christmas is a busy season for Rob and his wife Joyce.  They usually have hundreds of people walking around their front yard each November and…

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Posted in American Countryside Iowa

Christmas Acres

A lot of people put up Christmas lights on and around their house each holiday season.  That was the case for Rob.  He’s done it…

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Posted in American Countryside Arkansas

One Historic Place

It may be one of the most unique businesses to ever be placed on the National Register of Historic Places.  That doesn’t mean the type…

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Posted in American Countryside Arkansas

Laura’s Little Business in Ft. Smith

Laura Ziegler came to Ft. Smith, Arkansas from Vermont.  She was only in this city for about a decade, then moved to Missouri and vanished. …

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