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Best of 2024 – Ismay, Montana

You’ll need to drive on six miles of gravel roads from the highway to get to the tiny town of Ismay, Montana.  There would really…

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Best of 2023: The Offer to the Bily Brother

In 1928 the Bily brothers received quite an offer from Henry Ford.  He offered them one million dollars for something they created.  The story of…

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Best of 2023: North Carolina Nuclear Bomb Farm

It’s the Best of 2023 with The American Countryside! Brent Tyndall has people pulling in his driveway just about every weekend.  They are looking for…

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Best of 2023: The Midwest Dream Car Museum

It’s the Best of 2023 with The American Countryside! If you’ve ever seen one of the movies in the Back to the Future series, you…

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Best of 2023: Cole Younger

It’s the Best of 2023 with The American Countryside! When you hear the name Cole Younger, you probably think of an outlaw holding up banks…

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Best of 2023: Al’s Oasis

It’s the best of 2023 with a The American Countryside! If you’ve driven across interstate 90 in South Dakota you know you’ll see plenty of…

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The Best of 2022 – Big Ben the Steer

He is the biggest steer on record – a beef that was over 16 feet in length and weighed well over two tons.  In fact,…

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The Best of 2022 – Mean Green Jolly Giant

Some people have a green thumb, and it certainly seemed the farmers in southern Minnesota were experts at growing peas.  Large beautiful peas.  Peas so…

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The Best of 2022 – Big Bend Museum

In a moment I’ll take you to a small room, about the size of a large walk-in closet, that’s insured for 25 million dollars.  What’s…

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The Best of 2022 – The Piggy Bank

Maybe you had a piggy bank as a child, or perhaps you still do.  In a moment I’ll take you to the place  where the…

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