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Driving the Cannonball Run
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/01/2026-0121-Cannonball-Run-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many of us love road trips. Probably nothing we’ve experienced compares to what Jeff and Alexis Popick recently did. They…
A Father and Daughter Trip
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/01/2026-0120-Cannonball-Run-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many people decide to make the trip of a lifetime and drive their car from one coast to another. Now…
That Crazy Cross Country Race
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/01/2026-0119-Cannonball-Run-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the early 1980s the movie “Cannonball Run” hit movie theatres. Although the comedy is several decades old, many have…
MLK, Jr. Civil Rights Museum
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/01/2026-0116-MLK-Civil-Rights-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In downtown Memphis you’ll find part of a restored motel. It’s a place that would probably have been long forgotten…
On His Way to Address the Crowds
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/01/2026-0115-MLK-Civil-Rights-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was April of 1968 and the garbage in Memphis was beginning to pile up and stink. A strike was…
Norman Rockwell
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/01/2026-0114-Norman-Rockwell-Museum-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many of us have seen many paintings by the artist Norman Rockwell. In fact, his work is still reproduced in…
Iconic Covers for the Saturday Evening Post
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/01/2026-0113-Norman-Rockwell-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you are of a certain age, you may have heard of the Saturday Evening Post. If you know that…
A Mind Not on the Big City
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/01/2026-0112-Norman-Rockwell-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Based on where this man grew up, you might think his mind would only be on matters in the big…
How Snowboarding Became Popular
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/01/2026-0109-Colorado-Snow-Sports-Museum-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today skiers and snowboarders often occupy many snowy slopes simultaneously. But that was once not the case as upstart snowboarders…
The 10th Mountain Division’s Project
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/01/2026-0108-Colorado-Snow-Sports-Museum-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When these soldiers returned home from World War II, their experiences in Europe greatly influenced what many did when they…
The Battle of Riva Ridge
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/01/2026-0107-Colorado-Snow-Sports-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It is known as the Battle of Riva Ridge, a decisive moment in World War II, and a military exercise…
The Beginning of the National Ski Patrol
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/01/2026-0106-Colorado-Snow-Sports-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the years just ahead of World War II, one man had an accident on a wintery mountain. That mishap…
The Columbus Chapel
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/01/2026-0105-Columbus-Chapel.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In central Pennsylvania you’ll find a farmstead with quite a story. Some of the artifacts have a tie to a…
Best of 2025: Gypsum County Cemetery
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/12/02Jan26-Best-of-2025-Gypsum-County-Cemetery.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you happen to drive by the cemetery in Gypsum, Colorado on April 8th, you may find several people serving…
Best of 2025: Nathan Hale
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/12/01Jan26-Best-of-2025-Nathan-Hale.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)His only regret was that he had but one life to give for his country. They are famous words uttered…
Best of 2025: Michigan Pancake Town
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/12/31Dec25-Best-of-2025-Michigan-Pancake-Town.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Occasionally a winter storm will leave motorists stranded and locals will come to their aid. That was the case in…
Best of 2025: Chugwater, Wyoming
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/12/30Dec25-Best-of-2025-Chugwater-Wyoming.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It is noted to be the longest running image used on a license plate anywhere in the world. The image…
Best of 2025: The Little White House
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/12/29Dec25-Best-of-2025-Little-White-House.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you go to a tropical location, some people might decide to don a floral print shirt. But things got…
Best of 2025 – Border Line Library
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/12/26Dec25-Best-of-2025-Border-Line-Library.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There is a black tape line on the floor of the library in Derby Line, Vermont. Walk inside and cross…
Where Letters to Santa Go
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/12/25Dec25-Santa-Claus-House-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When I was in elementary school we wrote letters to Santa. Maybe you did the same thing once upon a…
