Author: Tom
Grave Robbers
We may have heard tales of grave robbers, but perhaps you never knew that one such case took place in the tomb of one of…
Iowa’s Tall Corn Stalk
Over time, corn yields have steadily risen. Sure, there are dips in production due to drought and disease, but over time, farmers produce far more…
Lindberger Cheese
It’s a story that radio can not do justice. Not because you need to see it, but because you need to smell it.
If your restaurant sat in an alley underneath a parking garage, you would not have a prime location to attract customers. But if you’re a…
Mammoth Springs
When farmers put hay bales in this spring, the reappeared three days later seven miles away. The underground waterway just happens to be one of…
Fact vs Fiction of the Famous Ride
LISTEN, my children, and you shall hear of the midnight ride of Paul Revere. On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five, Hardly a man is…
A Famous Dentist
He’s probably the most famous dentist that helped win the Revolutionary War. You might not know he cleaned teeth, but you do know his name…..
A Delicious Fruit
It’s one of the world’s most popular varieties of fruit and we have it because one farmer couldn’t get a nasty spout to go away….
St. Genevieve, Missouri
We’ve all seen a log cabin. Such structures were the norm for many Americans early in the country’s history. But did you ever see a…
A Town on the Banks of the Mississippi
When these French Catholics learned that the British Protestants had taken over, they weren’t pleased. It may be the reason this city still exists today…..