At one time it was one of the nation’s most important forts…but that’s not how people would know it today.  The story of one very…

Imagine you unearthed the bones of an animal and had little idea of what you found. Now imagine making up a tale about the creature…

Since the late 1800s people have been coming to this small, but unusual place on the side of a mountain in north central Pennsylvania.  The…

In north central Pennsylvania you’ll find a geological anomaly that is hard to believe.  It’s a specific place that grows colder and the countryside gets…

Life in this fort could be monotonous.  Life outside this fort in the nearby town could get you killed.  It’s a place were a fort…

As rail lines were built west across Nebraska, there were sometimes conflicts between native Americans and those construction crews.  The town of Sidney, Nebraska owes…

How many ice cream sundaes can a person dish up in one day?  Perhaps there is a record somewhere, but what Misty Marsh accomplished was…

Along Interstate 80 in western Nebraska you’ll find the small town of Potter.  Many people zip by the place on the four lane highway, but…

If you wanted to travel from coast to coast by rail in 1870, you might consider a trip that took you through Omaha, or another…

Where was the final spike driven to complete the transcontinental railroad?  Promontory, Utah is often declared to be the location, but this town says it…