Author: Tom
Isle Royale
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/09/20Sep22-Isle-Royal-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It takes a boat or seaplane to get to this national park. Those who make the journey are rewarded with…
Get Your Picture Taken Here
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/09/19Sep22-American-Gothic-House-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Just about every day there are people driving to this small Iowa town to get their picture taken. It’s not…
A Picture of a Sister and Dentist
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/09/16Sep22-American-Gothic-House-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If an artist painted a picture of his sister and his dentist, you’d probably doubt it would be anything special. …
The Upper Midwest’s Destination for Grain
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/09/15Sep22-Duluth-Harbor-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Most farmers think of New Orleans as being a major grain handling port – and rightly so. However, for those…
One of the Busiest Ports in North America
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/09/14Sep22-Duluth-Harbor-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s one the largest and busiest ports in North America. That’s saying something when you consider ships can only reach…
Nathan Boone
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/09/13Sep22-Nathan-Boone-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Before there was a U.S. cavalry, this man was noted to be the top mounted military man in the nation. …
Daniel Boone, The Next Generation
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/09/12Sep22-Nathan-Boone-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Most of us remember the frontiersman and explorer, Daniel Boone from our history books. However, we may not be familiar…
A Whale of a Story
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/09/09Sep22-Maui-Costeau-Center-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)I can attest, to see this animal up close is truly something unlike any other mammal you’ll encounter. Katherine’s job…
The Reef As a City
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/09/08Sep22-Maui-Costeau-Center-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Maybe you live in a city, maybe you don’t, but we usually need to make a trip to the city…
The Marine Biologist in Search of An Ocean
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/09/07Sep22-Maui-Costeau-Center-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some college degrees would seem to do you more good depending on where you live. Katherine’s degree was in marine…
The “Seven” Sacred Pools
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/09/06Sep22-Maui-Haleakala-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some refer to this place as the Seven Sacred Pools. Make a trip here and you’ll find the true number…
Closer to the Stars on Maui
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/09/05Sep22-Maui-Haleakala-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There are some places on Earth where you are literally and figuratively closer to the sun, moon, and stars. This…
Farming Maui’s Mountain Slopes
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/08/02Sep22-Maui-Haleakala-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The island of Maui is a place many come to enjoy the beach. But it’s also a place with a…
Heroes of Hinkley
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/08/01Sep22-Hinkley-Minnesota-Fire-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine a fire that could consume about 500 square miles in just four hours. Such a firestorm has not been…
The Race to Save the People of Hinkley
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/08/31Aug22-Hinkley-Minnesota-Fire-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It sounds like the script of an action adventure movie. A wall of fire approaches a city as townspeople rush…
Literal Firestorm Building
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/08/30Aug22-Hinkley-Minnesota-Fire-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)We’re all familiar with Smokey Bear and his warnings to prevent forest fires. But imagine a fire with fuel that…
The Daily, Six-Hour Bus Ride
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/08/29Aug22-Monument-Valley-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some students must ride a bus to school. But imagine a school district where a student might spend nearly six…
The Modern Day Medicine Man
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/08/26Aug22-Monument-Valley-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You may have thought the use of Medicine Men was a thing of the past. Not here. In fact, this…
Teaching Native American Traditions
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/08/25Aug22-Monument-Valley-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Clyde McBride may have never imagined he’d be teaching his students about Native American traditions in his High School agriculture…
The Premiere Animal Artist
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/08/24Aug22-Lotz-House-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There’s a good chance you’ve never heard of Matilda Lotz. However, if you happen to find one of her paintings,…
