Ask an American who is the most famous architect in their country’s history and this man’s name is probably at the top of the list….

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/06Apr15-Troy-Kansas-Lincoln-Visit.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)People often associate Abraham Lincoln with the states of Illinois or perhaps his birthplace in Kentucky.  But what state is…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/03Apr15-Troy-Kansas-Peter-Toth-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)To some, they resemble totem poles, but the works of art are more modern and quite intricate.  At least one…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/02Apr15-Troy-Kansas-Peter-Toth-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)Peter Toth was just a boy when his family was forced to leave Hungary.  The event left a lasting impression…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/01Apr15-Titan-Missle-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)In the 1980s there were 54 Titan II missile silos across the U.S.  Those missile carried the largest land-based nuclear…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/31March15-Titan-Missle-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)They were some of the largest and most devastating weapons ever developed and today we visit with a lady who…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/30Mar15-Titan-Missle-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Over the year’s we’ve done some of our interviews underground.  That’s the case for today’s feature…situated on “level seven” of…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/08Mar15-Chiricuhua-National-Monument-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Southeastern Arizona has been a place for ranchers to graze cattle for well over a century.  However, one ranch family…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/05Mar15-Tombstone-Arizona-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It’s a place of amazing natural beauty, with stone spires rising high into the sky.  It’s also a place of…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/05Mar15-Tombstone-Arizona-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Many would consider this cemetery to be a tourist attraction.  Yet it doesn’t charge admission and is a place of…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/03Mar15-Tombstone-Arizona-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)There are several cemeteries in the west called “Boot Hill.”  That’s because many of the dead died with their boots…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/12/02Mar15-Tomahawk-Maker-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Perhaps you’ve seen a circus side show or an old Western where people threw tomahawks for sport.  It’s a competition…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/12/27Feb15-Tomahawk-Maker-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)This young man began his enterprise at the age of only ten…and now, just a few years out of high…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/12/26Feb15-Eureka-Springs-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Imagine a seven story hotel in which each floor is a ground floor.  We’ll take you to the town where…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/12/25Feb15-Eureka-Springs-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)If you think water is just water, then don’t tell the folks in this small town, because it’s the water…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/12/24Feb15-Salton-Sea-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It’s a lake with an elevation of over 200 feet below sea level.  It’s also a body of water with…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/12/23Feb15-Salton-Sea-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It’s the largest lake in California.  So large, in fact, it’s called a sea.  You couldn’t find this lake on…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/12/20Feb15-Presidents-Week-5.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)He was the only man to serve as president and chief justice, but most people that visit his home here…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/12/19Feb15-Presidents-Week-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)To date, no U.S. president has been born in North Dakota…but this commander-in-chief experienced a rebirth there that he said…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/12/18Feb15-Presidents-Week-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)This president set the record for having the most children with a total of 15.  His second wife was actually…