On Veterans Day, we remember those who have served our country and those who have fought to preserve freedom at home and around the world….

Tom Mix was known as the King of the Cowboys, starring in over 300 films from 1910 – 1935. He might also be the king…

When Union and Confederate sympathizers threatened to take this banker’s money, he did what any logical person would do–he dressed as a woman and began…

When the Civilian Conservation Corp was working here in the 1930s they began to notice some unusual carving in the rocks alongside the roads they…

Too many cooks spoil the broth, and too many presidential candidates in the kitchen can cause a lot of problems too. That’s just one of…

When do you need to ride 100 yards in a limo to get from your motel room to the banquet hall? When you’re campaigning for…

Jails aren’t supposed to be a thing of beauty, but the tan limestone walls of the 1839 jailhouse in Carthage, Illinois are attractive set against…

They threw him in jail cells, put him in straight jackets, handcuffed him underwater, suspended him in the air from cranes, all in an effort…

When you mention the name Harry Houdini, you, of course, recall him for his famous card tricks. Probably not. However, if he had not been…

It was Halloween Eve, 1938. Suddenly, the ghosts and goblins that were just an imagination in one’s mind became very real. Were there really ghostly…