American Countryside

If you drive into Aledo, Illinois you will notice that it is the world’s capital for this particular item.  That proclamation draws thousands of folks here every year…

You’ve most likely never heard his name, but you’ve likely heard his music.  His family tried to dissuade him from majoring in music, but it turned out this small town musician hit it big with a new movie company…

In the corner of one of Michael Dolan’s farm fields there is a place devoted to the story of Easter.  He never imagined what the place would become – today a site known as Reflections Park that attracts passing motorists as well as people from around the world…

Many people like to be patriotic and support our troops.  This small town went well above and beyond, helping over 1.5 million soldiers all with volunteer labor and food…

He was a farm kid who discovered one of the most distant objects in our solar system.  And recently, his ashes were sent to that speck of light he discovered way back in 1930..

This business is about a century and a half old and has been housed in the same building since before the 1900s.  It remains a draw for locals and visitors alike here along Main Street in Victoria, Texas…

When this immigrant came to America he was looking for a job as a stone mason.  He ended up founding the oldest one of this type of business in the state of Texas…

It’s the kind of place kids would love to climb around, on and through.  It’s also a place that tells an important part of America’s industrial age…

It’s hard to imagine today’s largest city in Alabama didn’t even exist at the time of the Civil War.  However, in the years following that conflict, factors converged to spur quick growth…

The cliché says, “a picture is worth a thousand words.”  Two pictures of Emmett Kelly said much about the man, and the story behind those photographs is still remembered today…