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Scenic Route – Presidential Limousines

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/05/ScenicRoute-006.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 7:58 — 1.8MB)They’re not the biggest or the fastest, but some of the most interesting cars in the world are the ones…

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Posted in American Countryside Michigan

A Great Collection of Buildings

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/08May13-Henry-Ford-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)The birthplace of America is often considered to be Independence Hall, the site  of the signing of the Declaration of…

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Posted in American Countryside Michigan

Three Men – One Amazing Museum

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/07May13-Henry-Ford-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Edison, Ford and Firestone.  They are some of the best known inventors and businessmen of the 20th century.  But not…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of California National Park National Park Service

Lava Beds National Monument

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/06May13-Lava-Tubes-National-Park.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)In this barren stretch of the West, you can find the landscape scarred by the lava from thousands of years…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of

The Battle of Boonville

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/03May13-Battle-of-Booneville.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)As you may know, we do all of our stories from the actual location where they occur. While we did…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

Own Your Own Railroad

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/06/Moberly-Missouri-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB) Ever dream of owing your own railroad?  Well, now you have the next best thing–you can rent a railroad…

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Posted in American Countryside Nebraska

The Home of the Buffalo Bill Show

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/01May13-Buffalo-Bill-Show-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)In 1883 Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show debuted in Omaha.  Much of the practice and many of the performers were…

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Posted in American Countryside Nebraska

A Wild West Traveling Show

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/30Apr13-Buffalo-Bill-Show-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)It was a national and international hit…a traveling show that captivated audiences with scenes from the wild west.  Most people…

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Posted in Nebraska Scenic Route

Scenic Route – Buffalo Bill & the Legend of the Wild West

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/ScenicRoute-005.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 13:19 — 3.0MB)Perhaps more than any other man, Buffalo Bill Cody helped shape the legend of the Wild West. But what’s truth…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Louisiana

The Streetcars of New Orleans

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/29Apr13-New-Orleans-Streetcar.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In many cities taxies, busses and subways may be the best ways to get around town if you don’t have…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Louisiana

A Visit to a Cemetery

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/26Apr13-New-Orleans-Cemetery.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)A couple of centuries ago this city had problems with caskets rising with the water and floating down the streets….

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Posted in American Countryside Arizona

Wrenched From a Mother’s Arms

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/25Apr13-Holocaust-Survivor-Search-Kreisberger-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine a scene in which a boy is wrenched from a mother’s arms…and is headed for certain death.  No doubt…

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Posted in American Countryside Arizona

A Diet of Chocolate and Potatoes

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/24Apr13-Holocaust-Survivor-Search-Kreisberger-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)A diet of chocolate and potatoes is probably not the most balanced ration one can eat…but during World War II…it…

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Posted in American Countryside Arizona

A Story of Survival

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/23Apr13-Holocaust-Survivor-Search-Kreisberger-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)As World War II began, Search Kreisberger and his family struggled just to survive.  His miraculous story of holocaust survival…..

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Posted in History Scenic Route

Scenic Route – A Series of Miracles

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/ScenicRoute-004.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 48:21 — 22.1MB)Serge Kreisberger was a little boy in Romania during the Holocaust, but he made it out alive through what he…

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Posted in American Countryside Arizona

Surviving the Holocaust of World War II

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/22Apr13-Holocaust-Survivor-Search-Kreisberger-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)His city bounced from one country’s control to another during World War II.  No matter who was in control…this young…

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Posted in American Countryside Minnesota

A Company With a Different Beginning

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/19Apr13-3M-Two-Harbors-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Roll back the clock to the late 1800s and the people of Two Harbor, Minnesota would tell you this company…

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Posted in American Countryside Minnesota

A New Variety of Diet

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/18Apr13-3M-Two-Harbors-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)There are many people that tout a variety of diet plans.  We may have a new idea to add to…

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Posted in American Countryside Minnesota

The Need for More Lighthouses

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/17Apr13-3M-Two-Harbors-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)It’s been over a century since one major storm hit the shores of western Lake Superior.  However the twenty plus…

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Posted in American Countryside Minnesota

Aboard the William Irvin

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/16Apr13-William-Irving-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Life aboard a ship on the Great Lakes can be difficult.  The work is hard and the weather can be…

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