http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/08/31Aug23-Stephen-Douglas-Birthplace.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Abraham Lincoln led the country through the Civil War…but it was this man who defeated him for the senate just…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/08/30Aug23-Carl-Ben-Eielson-Museum-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Carl Ben Eielson hailed from Hatton, North Dakota.  He was a pioneer in aviation and helped open the vast Alaskan…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/08/29Aug23-Carl-Ben-Eielson-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the 1920 a guy named Carl brought the first airplane to Fairbanks, Alaska.  What took place from there would…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/08/28Aug23-Carl-Ben-Eielson-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you live in the states of North Dakota or Alaska, you quite likely have heard of Carl Ben Eielson. …

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/08/25Aug23-George-Washington-Carver-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You may know him for just one thing…peanut butter…but in a moment you’ll see just how much this man accomplished. …

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/08/24Aug23-George-Washington-Carver-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)He is one of the most famous agricultural scientists…a man who was born a slave and struggled to find a…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/08/23Aug23-St.-Ignatius-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Just north of Missoula, Montana you’ll find a beautiful rural church with quite a story.  It’s a place where people…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/08/22Aug23-St.-Ignatius-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Churches began to spring up in many town in the U.S. as they were settled.  But this church is perhaps…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/08/21Aug23-Edison-West-Orange-Lab-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Even though this young man had but a few months of formal education, you wouldn’t know it by what career…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/08/18Aug23-Edison-West-Orange-Lab-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Although these buildings once had many workers, they now only house tourists.  But this is the place that helped build…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/08/17Aug23-Pontiac-Oakland-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today we take a look at a very old Pontiac wagon.  No, we’re not talking about a station wagon, but…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/08/16Aug23-Pontiac-Oakland-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If I were to tell you that there is a car named for Oakland County, Michigan you’d probably not recognize…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/08/15Aug23-Eli-Bridge-Company-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The numbers 1 and 17 are important in Jacksonville, IL.  Those are the numbers of two machines built here that…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/08/14Aug23-Eli-Bridge-Company-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was a moment of inspiration.  A man took a ride on an amazing contraption that resulted in him just…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/08/11Aug23-Atlanta-Cyclorama-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many people remember Clark Gable in the movie Gone With the Wind.  But have you seen him in his role…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/08/10Aug23-Atlanta-Cyclorama-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Never was the bankruptcy of a circus so fortuitous to a city.  Not only did they pick up what would…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/08/09Aug23-Atlanta-Cyclorama-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It began life as a campaign poster, although you would have to have one very large wall to ever hang…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/08/08Aug23-Jolly-Green-Giant-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Just about all of us have seen a picture of the Jolly Green Giant.  But have you ever seen what…

An interstate can help connect a town to others, but it may also provide a way for motorists to zip by a place without stopping…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/07/04Aug23-Peculiar-Missouri.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Not all of us can live in a normal place.  While most of the nation lives in cities that aren’t…