http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/03/21Mar24-Buena-Vista-College.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the 1800s, many college and universities sprang up across the Midwest.  Some were short lived, yet others managed to…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/03/20Mar24-Storm-Lake-Iowa-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)With a name like “Storm Lake” you would suppose there has to be a major storm somewhere its history.  That…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/03/19Mar24-Storm-Lake-Iowa-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This lake was a draw for people as far back as there were people living in the area.  But the…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/02/29Feb24-Czech-and-Slovak-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In Cedar Rapids, Iowa you’ll find an impressive museum that tells the past and present of a group of people…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/02/28Feb24-Czech-and-Slovak-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the 1800s many immigrant groups began to move from Europe to the United States.  Specific groups of people would…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/02/07Feb23-Sumner-Iowa-Vacant-Building-Tour.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Vacant buildings can be eyesores, but they can also be opportunities.  So how do you make it the latter instead…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/12/03Jan23-What-Cheer-Iowa-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)I’ve always been fascinated by some of the old opera houses in small towns across America. Those buildings often have…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/12/02Jan23-What-Cheer-Iowa-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you see this town on the map or perhaps find yourself passing through it on a trip across Iowa,…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/12/21Dec23-Christmas-Acres-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Christmas is a busy season for Rob and his wife Joyce.  They usually have hundreds of people walking around their…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/12/20Dec23-Christmas-Acres-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)A lot of people put up Christmas lights on and around their house each holiday season.  That was the case…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/11/01Dec23-Pella-Iowa-Wyatt-Earp.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Mention the name Wyatt Earp and folks often quickly think of the shootout at the OK Corral.  You certainly aren’t…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/11/30Nov23-Pella-Iowa-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some cities have skyscrapers that dominate the skyline.  When you live in a small town, it could well be the…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/11/29Nov23-Pella-Iowa-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some people plant flowers each Spring to spruce up the place they live or work.  Now image you have 300,000…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/11/28Nov23-Pella-Iowa-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When about 800 folks wearing strange clothes begin crossing the nation, they are bound to get noticed.  That was the…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/11/17Nov23-Mamie-Eisenhower-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)What do you give as a gift to someone who has meant a great deal to you throughout your life? …

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/11/16Nov23-Mamie-Eisenhower-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)General and US President Dwight Eisenhower hailed from Abilene KS.  The first lady to be, hailed from here…  That location…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/11/15Nov23-Boone-Iowa-History-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many towns across this country sent men and women overseas during World War II.  And in many of those same…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/11/14Nov23-Boone-Iowa-History-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Boone, Iowa is about 30 minutes north and slightly west of Des Moines.  These fertile farm fields also yielded some…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/10/27Oct23-Captain-Kirk-Future-Birthplace.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Over the years we’ve done many stories from towns that are the birthplace of famous people.  In fact, just about…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/10/26Oct23-Anne-Frank-Letters-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Not many people write letters these days, opting for emails, texts and the like.  But this letter is one that…