Month: May 2026
A President’s Favorite Song
It’s one of the best known songs of that past century. In fact, one president said it was his favorite. But then a lawsuit stopped…
My Western Home
You may not fancy yourself a poet, and you may have forgotten a poem called My Western Home. But in a moment you’ll find that…
Farmer’s Branch, Texas
The name Farmers Branch sums up the beginning of this place. A rich ag community along a north Texas stream. Today the landscape has changed…but…
The Museum of Popcorn
Many people like to get popcorn when the go to the movies. Initially though, theatres banned the snack because of the mess. A visit here…
A Museum for Something Popular
In Marion, Ohio you’ll find a museum that is the only one devoted to this in the world. That fact is interesting in light of…
Old State Bank Currency
One, five, ten, twenty? Now imagine there were more denominations and dozens of different types of bills in circulation. What you would have is a…
Inside Fort Knox
When most of us hear of Fort Knox, we think of gold. While gold is there, there is much more to the story, for this…
The Biggest Vault of All
Whether you have any or not, many of us are fascinated by gold. It’s the storyline of many a tv show and movie. Where can…
Where Is the Nation’s Gold?
Everyone knows that much of the nation’s gold is at Fort Knox. Or is it? That’s the question many wondered a few decades back…
A Heavily Fortified Treasury
You’ve heard of the gold at Fort Knox, and while we can’t go inside the vault, we do know much about the beginnings of that…