Category: American Countryside
Museum of Northwest Colorado
By the late 1800s most locations in this country had access to rail services. There might still be a short wagon ride involved, but it…
You’ve perhaps heard of the wise old owl. But are owls really that wise? And where did we get the idea the bird possessed better…
Small Ideas Turning Into a Larger Thing
Sometimes a small idea turns into a very large thing. That was the case in the town of Houston, Minnesota. They didn’t realize they were…
A Lifetime of Intricate Work
In Dover, Ohio you will find a collection of masterpieces. They are carved scenes, mostly tied to the railroad, that one man created for people…
Starting With a Rusty Knife
Ernest Warther was just a young boy in charge of keeping an eye on the cows. What he did while tending the herd turned into…
Eve Bowring
She served as Nebraska’s first female U.S. Senator. She also managed a large sandhills ranch and had quite a collection of one item that still…
The Bowring Ranch
In northern Nebraska you’ll find a Sandhills ranch that dates to the late 1800s. The couple who lived here met quite by happenstance and their…
The Churchill Memorial
Imagine a building project that involved moving 7000 large stones across the Atlantic Ocean to reconstruct a building that was about 400 years old. That’s…
Where the Words Were Delivered
Most of us after heard of the phrase, “the iron curtain” to describe the communist countries of eastern Europe during the Cold War. That phrase…
Predicting the State of the World For Decades to Come
Just two months after the Allies won the European theatre of World War II, the leader of Great Britain, Winston Churchill, lost reelection. The now…
