The citrus industry is very important to the state of California.  However, you may be surprised at the location of one of the groves established…

Oroville, California has its fair share of churches.  It also has another house of worship that is very rare, especially for a town of this…

There’s a tool for just about everything.  And if you want to see just about every tool…well, your best shot may be this place in…

Bob Boldt was a tool salesman – a really, really good tool salesman.  He was also really good at finding unusual tools in his travels. …

In western Wisconsin you’ll find the Chippewa River.  Its drainage encompasses a large portion of the western side of the state and it’s the mission…

This is the 100th anniversary of Route 66 and that has many people traveling the old route and reliving its glory years.  In one town,…

It was known as the Packhorse Library Project.  During the years of the Great Depression, many young ladies answered the call to ride horse and…

You’ll still find bookmobiles that bring books to rural schools and libraries.  In a moment, I’ll take you to an era when the need was…

When the first pioneers passed here, they may have overlooked this place, believing it to be too dry to support much farming. For those who…

A famous trail passes next to this town and that fact is celebrated in the local museum yet today. However, the first settlers weren’t keen…