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Sailing a Viking Ship Across the Atlantic

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/09Apr13-Viking-Ship-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)On the surface it seemed to be a ludicrous project.  A man with no experience building boats, was going to…

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Cruising a Different Way

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/03/08Apr13-Viking-Ship-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)Robert Asp had a dream to visit Norway someday.  It was, after all, the land where his family traced their…

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Scenic Route – A Modern-Day Viking Ship

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/ScenicRoute-002.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 5:48 — 3.9MB)How does a junior high guidance counselor come to be the builder and owner of a full-size Viking ship? And…

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Where the Mississippi Flows North

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/02/27Mar13-Lake-Itasca-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)The Mississippi River flows over 2500 miles, southward through the Midwestern U.S.  That is, unless you are here, where the…

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The Headwaters of the Mississippi River

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/02/26Mar13-Lake-Itasca-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)The Mississippi River empties into the Gulf of Mexico just south of New Orleans, Louisiana.  But where does the mighty…

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The Runestone

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/Runestone-KXRA-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)The ancient writing on this stone shows that Europeans had traveled to the interior of North America over a century…

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A Rock in a Farmer’s Field

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/Runestone-KXRA-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Many a farmer has found a rock in his field, but the rock Olaf Ohman found was different than anything…

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