http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/04/27Apr12-Spruce-Goose-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)It was a behemoth of a plane…the H-4 Hercules…an aircraft with the largest wingspan of any every built.  But how…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/04/26Apr12-Alcatraz-Daughter.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 1.4MB)It was the most famous of escape attempts at Alcatraz.  A fact that no one has ever seen the three…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/04/25Apr12-Arkansas-Alligator-Farm.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)Farms come in many shapes and sizes, raising crops, livestock and many other combinations.  But in central Arkansas, there is…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/04/24Apr12-Boston-Corbett-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)At one time, Boston Corbett was one of the most widely known men in the nation.  He was the man…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/04/23Apr12-Boston-Corbett-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)John Wilkes Boothe shot President Lincoln in April of 1865.  For nearly two weeks there was a manhunt to bring…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/04/20Apr12-Pima-Air-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)Imagine flying a plane called the “SuperGuppy.”  There are only two in existence and one is here for the world…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/04/19Apr12-Pima-Air-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)The President of the United States flies in Air Force One, and to some extent they can customize the ride…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/04/18Apr12-Pima-Air-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)A few months ago, our broadcasts visited the Bone Yard, the long term storage facility for U.S. government aircraft in…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/04/17Apr12-Player-Piano.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)For the last 103 years, this company that has helped Americans play the piano. It doesn’t teach people to play…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/04/16Apr12-Lake-Chelan-Hotel.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)There are lake resorts all across the nation, but it’s not every day you encounter a family owned operation that…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/13Apr12-Unsinkable-Molly-Brown-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)April 15, 1912.  It was the night over 1500 people lost their lives aboard the Titanic.  Of the 710 survivors,…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/12Apr12-Unsinkable-Molly-Brown-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)Perhaps you’ve never heard of Maggie Brown who hailed from Hannibal, Missouri.  But in a moment you’ll likely realize you…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/11Apr12-Atlanta-Illinois-Paul-Bunyan.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:56 — 1.3MB)If someone offered to give you a 19 foot tall giant, you would probably want to get several details before…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/10Apr12-Palms-Grill-Cafe.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:56 — 1.3MB)Route 66 draws nostalgia lovers to small towns and byways as travelers look to relive a little of the glory…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/04/09Apr12-Grotto-of-the-Redemption-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:55 — 1.3MB)It took 80 years to build this structure in West Bend, I0wa and today it is valued in the millions…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/04/06Apr12-Grotto-of-the-Redemption-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:55 — 1.3MB)It is a story fitting for the message of Good Friday – the story of a priest who recovered from…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/04/05Apr12-Wahooo-Nebraska.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:56 — 1.3MB)It’s certainly one of the more unique names for a town in the country.   Interestingly, no one knows for…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/04/04Apr12-Wahoo-Sam-Crawford.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:55 — 1.3MB)Lots of people have nicknames.  This baseball hall of famer was so proud of his hometown, they inserted it into…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/04/03Apr12-Circus-Museum.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:56 — 2.7MB)It all began with Albert, Otto, Alfred, Charles and John.  They might tell you to be prepared to be amazed….

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/04/02Apr12-Redwoods.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:56 — 1.3MB)Normally the taller a tree grows, the deeper it’s roots sink into the ground to hold it in place.  But…